Horatio Gates Fisher (April 21, 1838 – May 8, 1890) 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
Horatio G. Fisher was born in
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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. He attended public and private schools. He was graduated from
Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college in Easton, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter and other citizens in Easton, the college first held classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the college after General Laf ...
in
Easton, Pennsylvania
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, in July 1855. He engaged in mining, shipping, and the wholesale coal business. He served as a member of the borough council from 1862 to 1865, auditor of
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
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, from 1865 to 1868, and burgess of the borough of Huntingdon from 1874 to 1876. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate
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from 1876 to 1879.
Fisher was elected as a Republican to the
Forty-sixth and
Forty-seventh Congresses. He served as chairman of the
during the Forty-seventh Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination, and resumed his former business pursuits. He was appointed by
Governor
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James A. Beaver
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a member of the board of managers of Huntingdon Reformatory in 1888. He died in
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney (; Unami language, Lenape: '
)
is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in southern Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Punxsutawney is known globally for its annual Groundhog Day celebration held each February 2, during which thousands of ...
, in 1890. Interment in River View Cemetery in Huntingdon.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
1838 births
1890 deaths
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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