William Constantine Culbertson (November 25, 1825 – May 24, 1906) was a Republican member of the

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from Pennsylvania. William C. Culbertson was born in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools of his native town. He was engaged in lumbering on the

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, and also operated a mill and a factory at Covington, Kentucky. He owned slaves. He moved to Girard, Pennsylvania, in 1863. He purchased extensive tracts of timberland in Michigan, Wisconsin, and other States, and later became interested in agricultural pursuits in Minnesota and in his native county. He served as president of the Citizens' National Bank of

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. Culbertson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890. He resumed his former business activities and died in Girard in 1906. Interment in Girard Cemetery.

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1825 births 1906 deaths Politicians from Erie, Pennsylvania American people of Scottish descent Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Businesspeople from Pennsylvania Businesspeople from Kentucky Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves 19th-century American legislators {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub