R. Walter Riehlman
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United States
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congressman
Congressperson
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He was born in Otisco
Otisco, New York
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, New York
New York
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, USA
United States
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on August 26, 1899. He was a member of the board of supervisors of Onondaga County from 1938 to 1943 and county clerk for Onondaga County from 1943 to 1946. He represented New York in the
House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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from 1947 to 1965. He died in Ormond Beach, Florida
Florida
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on July 16, 1978.
