Biography

01/04/1866 - 08/23/1938

DUNSMORE, Andrew Baird, a Representative for Tioga County; born, January 4, 1866 in Marris Run, Tioga County, Pa.; graduated, Mansfield Normal School (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania); miner; farmer; school principal, Arnot (2 years); lawyer (1889-1938); director, Tioga County Savings and Trust Company; elected, delegate, Republican State Convention (1893, 1936); chair, Tioga County Republican Committee (1894,1935); elected, District Attorney, Tioga County (1895-1903); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1905 term and served 2 more consecutive terms; resigned from the House, November 12, 1909; appointed, Assistant United States District Attorney for Pennsylvania Middle District (1909); appointed, United States District Attorney (1911-1914, 1921-1934); died, August 23, 1938 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wellsboro Cemetery, Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.