Albert Gallatin Egbert was a Democratic

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Biography

Albert G. Egbert was born near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania

Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania

Sandy Lake is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

. He attended the public schools and Grand River Institute

Grand River Academy

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 in Austinburg, Ohio

Austinburg, Ohio

Austinburg is a census-designated place in northern Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44010. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 45 and 307....

. He was graduated from the medical department of the Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, in 1856 and commenced the practice of medicine in Clintonville, Pennsylvania

Clintonville, Pennsylvania

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. He moved to Cherrytree, Pennsylvania, and practiced his profession until 1861, when he retired in order to devote his entire time to the production of oil

Oil

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 and to agricultural pursuits. During the American Civil War

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, he served as a volunteer surgeon

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Egbert was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage

United States House Committee on Mileage

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 during this Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876

United States House election, 1876

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. He resumed his former business pursuits, and died in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Interment in Franklin Cemetery.