Earl Hanley Beshlin (April 28, 1870 – July 12, 1971) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the

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from

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from 1917 to 1919.

Early life and career

Earl H. Beshlin was born in Conewango Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Warren High School in

Warren, Pennsylvania Warren is a city in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Allegheny River. The population was 9,404 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. It is home to the headquarters of the Allegheny National Forest ...

. He became a lawyer and engaged in private practice. He was elected Burgess of

Warren County, Pennsylvania Warren County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,587. Its county seat is Warren. The county was formed in 1800 from parts of Allegheny and Lycoming counties; attached to Crawford Coun ...

, from 1906 to 1909. He served as borough solicitor of Warren County from 1914 to 1918.

Congress

Beshlin elected as a Democrat and

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ist to the Sixty-fifth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Orrin D. Bleakley. Beshlin's Republican opponent in the 1917 special election, Captain Ulysses Grant Lyons, was actually declared the winner erroneously on November 7, 1917, by the ''New York Times''. Beshlin was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918.

Later career and death

He was a member and later chairman of the Board of Education of Warren County from 1919 to 1935. He was also a hospital executive. He died in 1971, at the age of 101, in

and is interred in Oakland Mausoleum.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

References

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