Alfred Crout Harmer was a Republican

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

Pennsylvania

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Alfred C. Harmer was born in Germantown, PA

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. Began work as a shoe

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 manufacturer. He became a member of the city council of Philadelphia, serving from 1856–1860 and then a recorder of deeds

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 for Philadelphia 1860-1863. He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention

1868 Republican National Convention

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He was elected as a Republican in 1870 for and served two terms. He was defeated in 1874, but he was elected again in 1876. He served until his death in 1900, and was interred in West Laurel Hill Cemetery

West Laurel Hill Cemetery

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 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Bala Cynwyd is a community in Lower Merion Township which is located on the Main Line in southeastern Pennsylvania, bordering the western edge of Philadelphia at US Route 1 . It was originally two separate towns, Bala and Cynwyd, but is commonly treated as a single community...

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Sources

• The Political Graveyard