Biography

05/17/1865 - 01/20/1927

ALLUM, Edward Lee, a Representative from Mercer County; born in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., May 17, 1865; glass blower; automobile salesman; circulation manager, Sharon News-Telegram; elected, council, Sharon (2 terms); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1919 and 1921 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1922); reelected to the House to the 1927 term; died while in office, January 20, 1927 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Americas Cemetery, Hermitage, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.