Pennsylvania Delegation to 1856 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)
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| Pennsylvania Delegation to the1856 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: John Allison- John Dick- Henry D. Maxwell- Joseph Ritner- Thomas Williams- David Wilmot, Towanda1st District: Charles D. Cleveland- John F. Gilpin- B. D. Pettingill 2nd District: Henry C. Carey- William Elder- William S. Pierce 3rd District: Thomas S. Cavender- Mahlon H. Dickinson- Joseph J. Gillingham 4th District: George H. Earle- William B. Thomas- Passmore Williamson 5th District: William Morris Davis- Brewster Randall- Edward F. Roberts 6th District: William Butler, Lewistown - J. P. Eyre- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine 7th District: George Lear- Caleb N. Taylor- Joseph Young 8th District: William M. Baird, Reading - Jacob Hoffman- John Sheetz 9th District: James Black- Thomas Scottwood- Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster10th District: John Adams Fisher- Josiah Funch- Eli Slifer 11th District: William A. Hanman- Robert M. Palmer- David Taggart 12th District: Abinza Gardner- Peter M. Osterhout 13th District: S. C. Cook- Samuel L. Cooley- R. L. Seeley 14th District: John F. Averill- Ulysses Mercur- Charles F. Reed 15th District: G. Gaines- P. Hurdic 16th District: C. H. Bressler- Joseph Speck- William W. Watts 17th District: S. E. Duffield- John E. Ellis- John R. Heurt- A. King- William Wright- G. W. Zeigler 18th District: Samuel Steel Blair, Hollidaysburg - Jacob M. Campbell, Johnstown - Cyrus Elder- Jonathan McWilliam- A. S. Raymond 19th District: John Craig- Cyrus P. Markle- John McEwen 20th District: William S. Moon- Colin M. Reed- J. T. Rogers 21st District: James Carother- N. B. Craig- Edward D. Gazzam 22nd District: George Darsie- Robert McKnight- Samuel A. Purviance 23rd District: William F. Clark- Lawrence McGuffy- Richard P. Roberts 24th District: Edgar Cowan- S. P. McCalmont- C. P. Ransdell 25th District: J. A. French- A. Huidekoper- R. 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