Elijah Reed Myer

Elijah Reed Myer

Member

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1873 Representative Republican
1874 Representative Republican
1877 Representative Speaker Republican
1878 Representative Speaker Republican
Counties Bradford

Biography

07/25/1818 - 05/18/1911


MYER, Elijah Reed, a Representative from Bradford County; born, July 25, 1818 in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; miller; farmer; elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate (1857-1860); presidential appointee, surveyor of customs, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia (1861-1867); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1872, 1873, 1876 and 1877; elected, Speaker (1877-1878); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1874, 1878); died, May 18, 1911 in Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wysox Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.


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