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Alexander Billmeyer

Alexander Billmeyer
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office
November 4, 1902 – March 3, 1903
Preceded byRufus K. Polk
Succeeded byThaddeus M. Mahon
Personal details
BornJanuary 7, 1841
Liberty Township, Pennsylvania
DiedMay 24, 1924 (aged 83)
Political partyDemocratic

Alexander Billmeyer (January 7, 1841 – May 24, 1924) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Alexander Billmeyer was born in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits and the manufacture of lumber. He worked as director of a national bank in Washingtonville, Pennsylvania.

Billmeyer was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rufus K. Polk. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902. He resumed agricultural pursuits in Montour County, Pennsylvania, and died near Washingtonville in 1924. Interment was in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Danville, Pennsylvania.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Alexander Billmeyer (id: B000465)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Rufus K. Polk
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

1902–1903
Succeeded by
Thaddeus M. Mahon



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