Alfred Buckwalter Garner

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Alfred Buckwalter Garner

Alfred Buckwalter Garner (born March 4, 1873 in Ashland , Schuylkill County , Pennsylvania , †  July 30, 1930 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . From 1909 to 1911 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Garner attended the public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1897, he began to work in this profession in Ashland. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1901 and 1907 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . In the congressional elections of 1908 Garner was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Charles N. Brumm, who had since resigned, on March 4, 1909 . Until March 3, 1911, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Garner initially practiced again as a lawyer in Ashland. From May 1917 he worked as a taxing officer for the State Auditor of the State of Pennsylvania. He died in Harrisburg on July 30, 1930.

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predecessor Office successor
Charles N. Brumm United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency)
March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911
Robert Emmett Lee