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John Marshall Rose (May 18, 1856 – April 22, 1923) was a
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member of the
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from
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Biography

John Marshall Rose was born in
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, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from
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in
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, in 1880. He taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Johnstown. He was a member of the
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in 1889, but declined reelection. During his term he acquired the nickname "the whistling statesman" for his habit of whistling popular songs. Rose was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He died in
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, on April 22, 1923. He is interred in
Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery located at 801 Millcreek Road in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The cemetery association that operates Grandview was founded in 1885 to accommodate Johnstown's rapidly growing population. The first interment was that of ...
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Further reading


The Political Graveyard


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* Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania lawyers Washington & Jefferson College alumni Politicians from Johnstown, Pennsylvania 1856 births 1923 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub