Alexander Billmeyer (January 7, 1841 – May 24, 1924) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Alexander Billmeyer was born in
Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and the manufacture of
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including beams and planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, w ...
. He worked as director of a national bank in
Washingtonville, Pennsylvania
Washingtonville is a borough in Montour County, Pennsylvania, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 200 at the 2020 census.<
.
Billmeyer was elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Rufus K. Polk. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He resumed agricultural pursuits in
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Montour County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,136. Its county seat is Danville. The county is named for Andrew Montour, a prominent Mét ...
, and died near Washingtonville in 1924. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in
Danville, Pennsylvania
Danville is a borough in and the county seat of Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River. The population was 4,221 at the census.
Danville is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area.
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Sources
The Political Graveyard
1841 births
1924 deaths
People from Montour County, Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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