Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a

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member of the

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from

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. Wanger was born in

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, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He served as deputy

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, in 1871. He commenced the study of law at Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1872. He served as deputy prothonotary of

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from 1873 to 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1875, and commenced the practice of law in Norristown. He was as an elected burgess of Norristown in 1878. He was a delegate to the

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. He was elected district attorney of Montgomery County in 1880 and again in 1886. He served as chairman of the Montgomery County Republican committee in 1889. Wanger was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1890. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the

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during the Fifty-fifth through Sixty-first Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910. He lived for a short time in

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. He resumed the practice of his profession in Norristown and

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, in 1920. He died in Norristown in 1940 and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanger, Irving Price 1852 births 1940 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers People from Chester County, Pennsylvania County district attorneys in Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania The Hill School alumni