Joseph Earlston Thropp (October 4, 1847 – July 27, 1927) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Life

Joseph E. Thropp was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and

Friends Central High School Friends' Central School (FCS) is a Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ...

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated as a

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

from the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania in 1868. He went to the Middle Northwest and engaged in his profession, constructing docks at Duluth, Minnesota, and

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Fond du Lac () is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 44,678 at the 2020 census. The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac United States metrop ...

, attaining the position of railroad division engineer. In 1870 he moved to

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Conshohocken ( ; Lenape: ''Kanshihàkink'') is a borough on the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in suburban Philadelphia. Historically a large mill town and industrial and manufacturing center, after the decline of industry i ...

, and engaged in the manufacture of

pig iron Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate product of the iron industry in the production of steel which is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%, along with silic ...

. He subsequently became owner of the Earlston Furnaces in Everett, Pennsylvania, in 1888. Thropp was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. He retired from active business pursuits and resided in Washington, D.C., and Miami, Florida. He died while on a visit in Quebec, Canada, in 1927. Interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.Joseph Earlston Thropp
''

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'' (Bioguide) is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from ...

''. Accessed August 29, 2007.

References

Sources

The Political Graveyard

External links

* 1847 births 1927 deaths People from Chester County, Pennsylvania Politicians from Philadelphia American civil engineers Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Engineers from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub