Amos Herr Mylin

Amos Herr Mylin

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1873 Representative Republican
1874 Representative Republican
1875 Representative Republican
1876 Representative Republican
Counties Lancaster

Biography

09/29/1837 - 07/30/1926


MYLIN, Amos Herr, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, September 29, 1837 in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pa.; attended, Phillips Academy, Andover, Ma.; LL.B., law department, University of Pennsylvania, 1864; corporal, Company B, 50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1863, Civil War); farmer; attorney (1864-1868); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1875; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1877-1892); elected, Senate President pro tempore (extra session of 1883, 1885-1886); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Auditor General (1891); elected, Pennsylvania Auditor General (1895-1898); died, July 30, 1926 in Manheim Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

 

Bibliography

Mylin, Amos H.  State Prisons, Hospitals, Soldiers' Homes and Orphan Schools Controlled by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Embracing their History, Finances and the Laws by which they are Governed.  Harrisburg, Pa.: Clarence M. Busch, 1897.

 

PA Senate Biography

Pennsylvania Senate Historical Biography - Amos Herr Mylin


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