Pennsylvania Delegation to 1956 Republican National Convention (original) (raw)

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| Pennsylvania Delegation to the1956 Republican National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: James H. Duff, Carnegie - Samuel E. Ewing, Haverford - Miles Horst, Lebanon - Sara G. Leffler, Lebanon - Edward Martin, Washington - Katharine B. Martindale, Harrisburg - Katharine G. Murdock, Greensburg - G. Mason Owlett, Wellsboro - Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Ardmore - M. Harvey Taylor, Harrisburg1st District: Vito F. Canuso, Philadelphia - Thomas M. Foglietta, Philadelphia2nd District: Philip Nemirovsky, Philadelphia - John M. Salerno, Philadelphia3rd District: Arnold M. Blumberg, Philadelphia - Michael J. Smylie, Philadelphia4th District: Joseph R. Burns, Philadelphia - Anton Roeger, Jr., Philadelphia5th District: Daniel Carson, Philadelphia - Billy Meehan, Philadelphia6th District: Thomas C. Egan, Philadelphia - Dolores E. Thompson, Philadelphia7th District: John B. H. Carter, Newtown Square - J. H. Ward Hinkson, Wallingford8th District: O. Jacob Tallman, Allentown - Frederick E. Ziegler, Trevose9th District: George C. Delp, Lancaster - Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Devon10th District: Mortimer B. Fuller, Jr., Dalton - Everett A. Rosser, Scranton11th District: George B. Markle, Jr., Conyngham - Frank A. O'Neill, Plymouth12th District: Henry W. Lark, Sunbury - G. Harold Watkins, Butler Township, Schuylkill County13th District: Frank G. Binswanger, Elkins Park - Raymond Pitcairn, Bryn Athyn14th District: Arthur T. McGonigle, Sinking Spring - Carroll D. Winters, Reading15th District: William Z. Scott, Lansford - Edward H. Thevenet, Bethlehem16th District: George H. Hafer, Harrisburg - William H. Worrilow, Lebanon17th District: Samuel James Kresge, Sayre - Robert F. Rich, Woolrich18th District: William S. Livengood, Jr., Somerset - Paul Walker, Greene Township, Franklin County19th District: John H. Basehore, Gettysburg - Oliver J. Dickey, Lemoyne20th District: D. Emmert Brumbaugh, Claysburg - D. Raymond Sollenberger, Williamsburg21st District: Roy C. McKenna, Latrobe - Edwin A. Swink, Mt. Pleasant22nd District: Wilfred E. Helwig, Indiana - Raymond B. Johnson, Johnstown23rd District: Jack J. McDowell, Bradford - James Hall Stackpole, St. Marys24th District: John W. English, Erie - Howard L. Moore, Cochranton25th District: Thompson Bradshaw, Beaver Falls - John David Lewis, Zelienople26th District: James H. Hankins, Uniontown - Alfred Zeffiro, Donora27th District: James G. Fulton, Dormont - Max C. Harrison, Pittsburgh28th District: Thomas P. Johnson, Pittsburgh - James F. Malone, Jr., Pittsburgh29th District: Charles E. Kenworthy, Pittsburgh - John McDowell, Wilkinsburg30th District: Harry M. Jones, McKeesport - Thomas Laird, Munhall Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Milton G. Baker, Wayne - Samuel F. Bonavita, North Warren - G. Graybill Diehm, Lititz - Robert C. Duffy, Philadelphia - Ivor D. Fenton, Mahanoy City - Edward L. Flaherty, Forest Hills - Wilbur H. Hamilton, Philadelphia - Audrey R. Kelly, Montrose - Richard M. Simpson, Huntingdon - Jessie M. Vann, Oakmont1st District: Mary Deisher, Philadelphia - William A. Upshur, Jr., Philadelphia2nd District: Maurice M. Green, Philadelphia - Esther B. Weinrott, Philadelphia3rd District: Frank Wiener, Philadelphia - Ernest T. Wright, Philadelphia4th District: Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia - Hobson R. Reynolds, Philadelphia5th District: William B. Starling, Philadelphia - Clement J. Ziegler, Philadelphia6th District: Walter Boehm, Philadelphia - Mildred E. Honigman, Philadelphia7th District: O. Warren Higgins, Havertown - R. Alexander Montgomery, Villanova8th District: Ann Louise Franks, Macungie - Simon K. Moyer, Silverdale9th District: Irene E. Lupold, Lancaster - Ellen Ann Roberts, Downingtown10th District: Ray W. Greenwood, Tunkhannock - Harold V. Lundy, Muncy Valley11th District: Hulme S. Daron, Luzerne - Walter S. Robbins, Kingston12th District: Preston B. Davis, Milton - Sol Fox, Pottsville13th District: Richard S. Schweiker, Lansdale - Alexandra D. Toland, Wynnewood14th District: Josephine Roe Hoffer, Douglassville - Sophie K. Reiff, West Lawn15th District: Montgomery F. Crowe, Stroudsburg - Donald C. Mack, Easton16th District: Charles D. Eaton, Landisburg - Homer M. Groninger, Port Royal17th District: H. Elizabeth Hoffman, Williamsport - Earl V. Wise, Sr., Berwick18th District: W. Roger Fetter, Lewisburg - A. Bahner Portzline, Selinsgrove19th District: Ralph K. Lefever, Dillsburg - Floyd W. Musselman, Camp Hill20th District: Samuel G. Hartsock, Duncansville - Roy Wilkinson, Jr., Bellefonte21st District: Emma Watt McIntire, Latrobe - Marcus W. Saxman III, Latrobe22nd District: Meyer Greenbaum, Kittanning - Clifford Zimmerman, Johnstown23rd District: W. Scott Calderwood, Warren - H. Ray Pope, Jr., Clarion24th District: Ralph E. Johnston, Sharon - Paul B. Root, Erie25th District: William C. Angel, Baden - Paul J. Yargats, Aliquippa26th District: Ralph L. Fox, Connellsville - Wray G. Zelt, East Washington27th District: Hazel Kennedy, Pittsburgh - Verna Wright, Carnegie28th District: Jane Ellen Ball, Pittsburgh - Ingrid S. Rea, Pittsburgh29th District: Joseph K. Dewar, Bellevue - Nelle G. Dressler, Wilkinsburg30th District: Jeanne M. McGhen, Coulters - Mabel M. 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