Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a

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member of the

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from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Edwin Hallowell was born near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools.

Early political career

He engaged in agricultural pursuits before being elected as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1876 to 1879. He was chairman of the Democratic county committee of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. He was a delegate to the

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Congress

Hallowell was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He was a delegate to the Democratic Presidential Convention that nominated Grover Cleveland for president, second term.Obituary, Edwin Hallowell. The Bucks County Intelligencer. August 21, 1916. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892.

Later career and death

Owing to his physical disabilities Hallowell led a private life for the last years of his life. He was a bachelor and made his home with his sister on the farm on Plank Road in Abington Township. He resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in Abington, Pennsylvania. Interment in.

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Retrieved on 2008-02-14
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