Pennsylvania Delegation to 1940 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)

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| Pennsylvania Delegation to the1940 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: James J. Davis, Pittsburgh - Arthur H. James, Plymouth - G. Mason Owlett, Wellsboro - Marion M. Scranton, Scranton1st District: Raymond J. MacNeille, Philadelphia - Frank J. Willard, Philadelphia2nd District: Jay Cooke, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia - Jerome H. Louchheim, Philadelphia3rd District: Frederic D. Garman, Philadelphia - Morton Witkin, Philadelphia4th District: Charles L. Brown, Philadelphia - Richard P. Brown, Philadelphia5th District: James C. Clark, Philadelphia - Austin G. Greer, Jr., Philadelphia6th District: Lewis B. Coldren, Philadelphia - Samuel Dunbar, Philadelphia7th District: Edgar J. Loftus, Philadelphia - Robert T. McCracken, Philadelphia8th District: Wheeler S. Sprague, Nether Providence - Thomas Weidemann, Upper Darby9th District: Howard I. James, Bristol - William C. Troxell, Allentown10th District: Walter M. Dunlap, Lancaster - George Wharton Pepper, Devon11th District: Stanley J. Davis, Scranton - Everett A. Rosser, Scranton12th District: Percy A. Brown, Wilkes-Barre - Andrew Hourigan, Wilkes-Barre13th District: Frederick D. Kessler, Northumberland - Peter A. McCarron, Pottsville14th District: John A. Eberly, Mohnton - Harry W. Lee, Reading15th District: Charles E. Mills, Athens - William S. Tiffany, Brooklyn16th District: James A. Connelly, Ludlow - Ralph W. Thorne, Williamsport17th District: Caroline M. Huber, Haverford - Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Ardmore18th District: Edred J. Pennell, Mifflintown - Samuel B. Wolfe, Lewisburg19th District: A. Harry Ehrgood, Lebanon - W. Searight Stuart, Carlisle20th District: Samuel Y. Ramage III, Cranberry Township, Venango County - John Siggins, Jr., Warren21st District: Joseph Brobston, Nazareth - Richard D. Edwards, Lansford22nd District: Vaughn J. Byron, Mercersburg - Paul S. Raub, Red Lion23rd District: Ivan E. Garver, Roaring Spring - J. Banks Kurtz, Altoona24th District: George C. Brown, Masontown - Charles H. Ealy, Somerset25th District: Edward Martin, Washington - John L. Stewart, Washington26th District: Thompson Bradshaw, New Brighton - Roger W. Rowland, New Castle27th District: Ben W. Irvin, Big Run - Emlyn Jones, Johnstown28th District: H. A. McMurray, Youngwood - James F. Torrance, Export29th District: Adrian J. Collins, Erie - Frank P. Miller, Meadville30th District: Ralph E. Flinn, Sharpsburg - William H. Robertson, Pittsburgh31st District: Hale Hill, Tarentum - Thomas E. Whitten, Wilkinsburg32nd District: Louis J. Conley, Pittsburgh - Samuel D. Foster, Pittsburgh33rd District: John S. Herron, Pittsburgh - David A. Reed, Pittsburgh34th District: James H. Duff, Carnegie - Frank J. Harris, Crafton Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Frank C. Hilton, Wyomissing - Edith Wood Powell, Devon - Margaret W. Verner, Pittsburgh - Joseph W. Wear, Penllyn1st District: Michael D'Alfonso, Philadelphia - Frank A. De Feo, Philadelphia2nd District: Justus D. Battis, Philadelphia - John R. Logan, Philadelphia3rd District: Oscar E. Noll, Philadelphia - Louis Schwartz, Philadelphia4th District: Prince L. Edwoods, Philadelphia - Oscar H. Price, Philadelphia5th District: Henry Faulkner, Philadelphia - Sheppard H. Royle, Philadelphia6th District: Vincent A. Carroll, Philadelphia - Benjamin T. S. Roberts, Philadelphia7th District: William Barnes Lower, Philadelphia - Raymond Rosen, Philadelphia8th District: Frances P. Donahoo, Chester - Mildred E. Emmons, Secane9th District: Jennie C. Ritter, Allentown - Eleanor D. Worthington, Hartsville10th District: George R. Camp, East Goshen Township, Chester County - Joseph P. Kennedy, Columbia11th District: Marion Stanton, Moosic - Fred A. Westpfahl, Scranton12th District: John A. MacGuffie, West Pittston - George L. Wilmot, Hazleton13th District: Cyrus M. Palmer, Pottsville - Mary Rhoads, Milton14th District: Stella Z. Livingood, Robesonia - Frances D. Stauffer, Reading15th District: Asa B. Martin, Milford - Robert W. Trembath, Tunkhannock16th District: Jacob B. Bryerton, Lock Haven - George B. Erskine, Emporium17th District: John A. Longacre, Norristown - Alma V. Lorimer, Wyncote18th District: Katherine W. Shannon, Bedford - Grace T. Thompson, Milroy19th District: William P. Dailey, Steelton - Ray D. Snow, Harrisburg20th District: Henry M. Amsler, Clarion - Perry R. Smith II, West Hickory21st District: Carl B. Rosenkrans, East Stroudsburg - John Stead, Easton22nd District: John R. Lafean, York - J. Price Oyler, Gettysburg23rd District: Frank M. Hunter, Altoona - Ethel Minds Lorenz, Roaring Spring24th District: R. S. Goldstein, Brownsville - George J. Krebs, Somerset25th District: Benjamin G. Binns, Carroll Township, Washington County - Erma H. Wood, Wind Ridge26th District: Mrs. R. W. Dixon, Butler - Wilford Rohr, Beaver27th District: Albert R. Pechan, Ford City - Joseph F. Piper, Saltsburg28th District: Garfield A. McDowell, Greensburg - Roy C. McKenna, Latrobe29th District: R. Bruce McKinney, Titusville - Elisabeth Strang Peake, Corry30th District: Donald G. Hamilton, Sewickley - Anna L. Keyser, Ross Township, Allegheny County31st District: Albert E. Beech, Wilkinsburg - John M. Walker, Oakmont32nd District: Florence A. Brockett, Pittsburgh - Eleanore W. McClymonds, Pittsburgh33rd District: Adelaide Rigby Conly, Pittsburgh - Robert L. Cook, Pittsburgh34th District: Louis H. Artuso, McKees Rocks - David J. 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