Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (November 6, 1841 – June 2, 1923) was a Democratic member of the

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from

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. Frank E. Beltzhoover was born in

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. He attended Big Spring Academy in

Newville, Pennsylvania Newville is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The borough is located west of Carlisle. The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. Newville is served by the B ...

. He graduated from

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at Gettysburg in 1862, where he was a member of

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fraternity. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in

Carlisle, Pennsylvania Carlisle is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 United States census, ...

. He served as chairman of the Democratic committee of Cumberland County in 1868 and 1873. He was

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from 1874 to 1877. He was a delegate to the

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. Beltzhoover was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He was again elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the

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during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed the practice of law in Carlisle until 1910, when he moved to

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. He lived in retirement until his death on June 2, 1923. He was interred in Ashland Cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beltzhoover, Frank E. 1841 births 1923 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American lawyers