Milton William Shreve (May 3, 1858 – December 23, 1939) 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
Milton W. Shreve was born in
Chapmanville, Pennsylvania. He attended the
Edinboro State Normal School
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History
Edinboro University was founded ...
and
Allegheny College
he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת
, mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1)
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in
Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering ...
in
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, south by southeast of Williamsport and north of Harrisburg. In the past, it was the commercial center for a fertile grain and general farming region. The population was 5,1 ...
, in 1884. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Erie County, Pennsylvania and commenced practice in
Erie, Pennsylvania
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. He was the
Erie County district attorney from 1899 to 1902. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
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from 1907 to 1912 and in the session of 1911 succeeded to the speakership.
Shreve was elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
. He resumed the practice of law in Erie, and also engaged in banking and interested in several manufacturing plants. He was again elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-sixth Congress; reelected as an Independent Republican to the
Sixty-seventh Congress and as a Republican to the
Sixty-eighth through
Seventy-second Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1932
Events January
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. He resumed the practice of law in Erie until his death there. He was buried in
Erie Cemetery
Erie Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is situated on of land bordered on the east by Chestnut Street, the west by Cherry Street, the north by 19th Street, and the south by 26th Street.
History
The ceme ...
.
See also
*
List of representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
Sources
The Political Graveyard
External links
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1858 births
1939 deaths
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Politicians from Erie, Pennsylvania
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania alumni
Pennsylvania Independents
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Independent Republican members of the United States House of Representatives
Burials in Pennsylvania
20th-century American politicians