William S. Reyburn

William S. Reyburn

William Stuart Reyburn (born December 17, 1882 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † July 25, 1946 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Reyburn was the son of Congressman John E. Reyburn . He attended the Hill School in Pottstown and then studied until 1904 at Yale University . After a subsequent law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and his admission to the bar in 1908, he began to work in this profession in Washington. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1905 he toured Japan , the Philippines and China with a political delegation . Between 1909 and 1911 he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives .

After the death of MP Joel Cook , Reyburn was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on May 23, 1911, when the by-election was due for the second seat of Pennsylvania. Since he was no longer running in 1912, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1913 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Reyburn practiced law again. Later, he withdrew into retirement, which he in Aiken ( South Carolina ) and on his estate Black Hill spent in Connecticut. He died in New Haven on July 25, 1946 and was buried in Philadelphia.

Web links

• William S. Reyburn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. Reyburn in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Joel Cook	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (2nd constituency) May 23, 1911 - March 3, 1913	George Scott Graham