Robert Grant Furlong (January 4, 1886 – March 19, 1973) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1943 to 1945.

Biography

Furlong was born in

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. He graduated from the State Teachers College in

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, in 1904 and from

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, in 1909.

Early career

He taught school at Roscoe, PA, in 1904 and 1905, and practiced medicine in

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, from 1910 to 1968. During the

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, Furlong served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hundred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Division. He served as a burgess of Donora from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1941 and 1942. He served as postmaster of Donora from 1933 to 1938.

Congress

Furlong was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in

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Career after Congress

He resumed the practice of medicine, and was elected sheriff of

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, serving from 1945 to 1961.

Death

He died on March 19, 1973, in

References

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