Alfred Buckwalter Garner (March 4, 1873 – July 30, 1930) was a
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Alfred B. Garner was born in
Ashland, Pennsylvania
Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, northwest of Pottsville. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A small part of the borough also lies in Columbia County, although all of the population resided i ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Ashland. He served as a member of the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
It ...
from 1901 to 1907.
Garner was elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-first Congress. He was again a member of the State House of Representatives from 1915 to 1917. He resumed the practice of law in Ashland and served as the taxing officer of the auditor general's department in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, until his death in Harrisburg. He was interred at Fountain Spring Cemetery in
Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania
Fountain Springs is a census-designated place in Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Fountain Springs is located at (40.771330, -76.324754).
According to the Un ...
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Sources
The Political Graveyard
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania lawyers
Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
People from Ashland, Pennsylvania
1873 births
1930 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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