Ivor D. Fenton

Ivor David Fenton (born August 3, 1889 in Mahanoy City , Pennsylvania , † October 23, 1986 in Sunbury , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1963 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ivor Fenton attended his homeland public schools and Bucknell University in Lewisburg . He then studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia until 1912 . In 1912 and 1913 he did an internship at Ashland State Hospital . After his license as a doctor in 1914, he began to work in Mahanoy City in this profession. In 1917 and 1918 he served as a lieutenant and later as captain during the First World War in the medical service of the US Army . He was also used on the European theater of war. After the war he practiced as a doctor again in Mahanoy City. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1938 congressional election , Fenton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat James H. Gildea on January 3, 1939 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . Since 1945 he represented the twelfth district of his state there. The Roosevelt government's last New Deal laws were passed there by 1941 . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II . In the years that followed, Fenton saw the onset of the Cold War , the Korean War and domestically the civil rights movement as a congressman . In 1962 he was not re-elected.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Ivor Fenton served as a medical advisor to the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare and the State General Hospital . He died on October 23, 1986 in Sunbury at the age of 97.

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predecessor	Office	successor
James H. Gildea	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (13th constituency) January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1945	Daniel K. Hoch
Thomas B. Miller	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1963	J. Irving Whalley

personal data
SURNAME	Fenton, Ivor D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fenton, Ivor David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mahanoy City , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH	October 23, 1986
Place of death	Sunbury , Pennsylvania