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Henry Winfield Watson (June 24, 1856 – August 27, 1933) was a
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Henry Winfield Watson (June 24, 1856 – August 27, 1933) 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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Henry W. Watson was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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. He was educated in private schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881, and commenced the practice of his profession in Philadelphia. He served as president of the Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railway Company. He was the director of several banks and of the Langhorne Water Company.
Watson was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Langhorne Borough is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,622 at the time of the 2010 census.
The mailing address "Langhorne" is used for Langhorne Borough, but it is also used broadly to describe the majority of surrou ...
. Interment in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery
Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery is a rural cemetery at 701 Delaware Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. Founded in 1843, it contains over 21,000 burials on about 25 acres.
History
The cemetery was envisioned in 1843 by Sam Wollaston, who sought ...
, Wilmington, Delaware
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See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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Sources
*The Political Graveyard
External links
* 1856 births 1933 deaths Burials at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub