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Robert Neill McGarvey (August 14, 1888 – June 28, 1952) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Robert McGarvey was born in Philadelphia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania Business College. He was engaged as a
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and as manager of a news bureau. He became an investment broker in 1922. He was elected to Congress as a Republican in
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to the 80th United States Congress, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman
William T. Granahan William Thomas Granahan (July 26, 1895 – May 25, 1956) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, most prominently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1945–47 and 1949-56. Biography Granahan was born in P ...
. As a congressman he was part of the Federal Commission that helped to designate Independence Hall as a National Historical Park.ushistory.org
/ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 in a re-match against Granahan.


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1888 births 1952 deaths Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Yeadon, Pennsylvania) Politicians from Philadelphia Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub