Milton William Shreve was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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

Pennsylvania

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Milton W. Shreve was born in Chapmanville, Pennsylvania

Chapmanville

Chapmanville may refer to:*Chapmanville, a village in Plum Township in Venango County, Pennsylvania*Chapmanville, West Virginia...

. He attended the Edinboro State Normal School and Allegheny College

Allegheny College

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 in Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Bucknell University

Bucknell University

Bucknell University is a private liberal arts university located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the rolling countryside of Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, 30 miles southeast of Williamsport and 60 miles north of Harrisburg. The university consists of the College of...

 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

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, in 1884. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Erie County, Pennsylvania and commenced practice in Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie, Pennsylvania

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. He was the Erie County district attorney

Erie County, Pennsylvania

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 from 1899 to 1902. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1907 to 1912 and in the session of 1911 succeeded to the speakership.

Shreve was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

 Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914

United States House election, 1914

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. He resumed the practice of law in Erie, and also engaged in banking and interested in several manufacturing plants. He was again elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress; reelected as an Independent Republican to the Sixty-seventh

66th United States Congress

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 Congress and as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth

68th United States Congress

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 through 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 in Erie until his death there. Interment in Erie Cemetery

Erie Cemetery

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