Horace Billings Packer (October 11, 1851 – April 13, 1940) was a

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member of the

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from

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Formative years

Horace B. Packer was born in

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on October 11, 1851. He attended the common schools, the Wellsboro Academy, and

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Career

Packer studied law, and was admitted to the bar of

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, in 1873 and commenced practice in Wellsboro. He was also engaged in the real estate business. District attorney of Tioga County from 1875 to 1879, Packer was then elected to the

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in 1884 and reelected in 1886. He was a member of the

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from 1888 to 1892. He also served for many years as a member of the borough council, and presided over the Republican State conventions of 1893 and 1894. Packer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900. He resumed the practice of law in Wellsboro, and was also engaged in the real estate, banking, and lumber businesses. He was a delegate to the

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Death and interment

Packer died in Wellsboro in 1940, and was interred at the Wellsboro Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Packer, Horace B. 1851 births 1940 deaths Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Alfred University alumni People from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania