Robert Grant Furlong (January 4, 1886 – March 19, 1973) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the

U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

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, ...

from 1943 to 1945.

Biography

Furlong was born in

Roscoe, Pennsylvania Roscoe is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 716 at the 2020 census. History Roscoe became the home for many eastern European immigrants who came to the area to work in nearby coal mine. Slovaks, Pol ...

. He graduated from the State Teachers College in

California, Pennsylvania California is a borough on the Monongahela River in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950. The population was 5,479 as of the 2020 census and was estimated at 5,453 in 2021. Cali ...

, in 1904 and from

Jefferson Medical College Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. To signify its heritage, the univer ...

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, in 1909. He taught school at Roscoe, PA, in 1904 and 1905, and practiced medicine in

Donora, Pennsylvania Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. Donora was incorporated in 1901. It got its name from a combination of William Donner and Nora Mellon, banker ...

, from 1910 to 1968. During the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, Furlong served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hundred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Division. He served as a burgess of Donora from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1941 and 1942. He served as postmaster of Donora from 1933 to 1938. Furlong was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

. He resumed the practice of medicine, and was elected sheriff of

Washington County, Pennsylvania Washington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 209,349. Its county seat is Washington. Washington County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county i ...

, serving from 1945 to 1961.

References

Retrieved on 2009-02-22
The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Furlong, Robert Grant 1886 births 1973 deaths American military personnel of World War I Pennsylvania postmasters California University of Pennsylvania alumni Pennsylvania sheriffs Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians Burials at Monongahela Cemetery