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Alfred Buckwalter Garner (March 4, 1873 – July 30, 1930) was a
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member of the
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from
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Biography

Alfred B. Garner was born in
Ashland, Pennsylvania Ashland is a borough in Schuylkill County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, northwest of Pottsville. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A small part of the borough also lies in Columbia County, although all of the population resided i ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Ashland. He served as a member of the
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from 1901 to 1907. Garner was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress. He was again a member of the State House of Representatives from 1915 to 1917. He resumed the practice of law in Ashland and served as the taxing officer of the auditor general's department in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, until his death in Harrisburg. He was interred at Fountain Spring Cemetery in
Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania Fountain Springs is a census-designated place in Butler Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census. Geography Fountain Springs is located at (40.771330, -76.324754). According to the Un ...
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The Political Graveyard
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania lawyers Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania People from Ashland, Pennsylvania 1873 births 1930 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub