Stanley A. Propkop was a Democratic

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 U.S. Representative

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 from Pennsylvania

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 from 1959 to 1961.

Prokop was born in Throop, Pennsylvania

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 in Lackawanna County

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 and attended Villanova University

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. Upon the outbreak of World War II

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, he enlisted in the United States Army

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 as a private, serving in the 30th Infantry Division. During the war, he rose to the rank of captain. Following the war, he served on the North Pococno Joint Board of Education

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 for 10 years, and following this was elected to the United States Congress

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 in 1958, defeating incumbent Republican Congressman Joseph L. Carrigg

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Prokop was to serve but a single term, being defeated for re-election by future Pennsylvania governor

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 William Scranton

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, a moderate

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 Republican

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, in 1960. Prokop's public service was not ended by this defeat, however, as he served as Lackawanna County's Director of Veterans' Affairs for 14 years. He moved to Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania

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 during this time, and was residing there at the time of his death, which occurred on Veterans Day

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. His remains were interred at St. Catherine Cemetery in Moscow, Pennsylvania

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