Harry Allison Estep was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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

Pennsylvania

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Harry A. Estep was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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. He attended the public schools in Marion, Indiana

Marion, Indiana

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, and Purdue University

Purdue University

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 in Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana

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. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law

University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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 in 1913. He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. He served as assistant district attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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, from 1917 to 1927.

Estep was elected as a Republican to the Seventieth

70th United States Congress

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, Seventy-first

71st United States Congress

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, and Seventy-second

72nd United States Congress

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 Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932

United States House election, 1932

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. He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1964. He died in Oakland, Pennsylvania

Oakland, Pennsylvania

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. Interment in Allegheny Cemetery

Allegheny Cemetery

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