Horace Billings Packer

Horace Billings Packer (born October 11, 1851 in Wellsboro , Pennsylvania , †  April 13, 1940 there ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1901 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Horace Packer attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Wellsboro Academy . He then graduated from Alfred University in New York State . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1873, he began to work in Wellsboro in this profession. He also got into the real estate business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1875 to 1879 he was a district attorney in Tioga County . Between 1884 and 1888 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; from 1888 to 1892 he was a member of the State Senate . In his home parish he was a member of the local council for many years. In 1893 and 1894 he chaired the regional Republican Party Conventions in Pennsylvania.

In the congressional election of 1896 , Packer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Fred Churchill Leonard on March 4, 1897 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1901 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . In 1900 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Horace Packer practiced as a lawyer again. He also worked in real estate, banking and the wood industry. In June 1924 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , on which President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for re-election. He died on April 13, 1940 in Wellsboro, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Horace Billings Packer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Horace Billings Packer in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Fred Churchill Leonard	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (16th constituency) March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901	Elias Deemer