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Politicians in the Printing and Publishing Business in Pennsylvania
other than newspapers


  George Fuller (1802-1888) — of Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.; Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., November 7, 1802. Son of Edward Fuller (1768-1854) and Hannah (West) Fuller (1776-1861). Democrat. Bookseller; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1844-45. Died in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., November 24, 1888 (age 86 years, 17 days). Interment at Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles William Goerman (b. 1891) — also known as Charles W. Goerman — of Ambridge, Beaver County, Pa. Born in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pa., November 13, 1891. Democrat. Printer; chair of Beaver County Democratic Party, 1927; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) — also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel Julius — of Girard, Crawford County, Kan. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 30, 1889. Son of David Julius and Elizabeth (Zamost) Julius. Socialist. Author; editor of the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason; founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income tax evasion; tried and convicted in April, 1951; sentenced to six months in prison, and fined $12,500; released pending appeal. Jewish; later Agnostic. Drowned in his swimming pool, in Girard, Crawford County, Kan., July 31, 1951 (age 62 years, 1 days); possible suicide, but the coroner ruled his death accidental. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Julius and Elizabeth (Zamost) Julius; married, June 1, 1916, to Anna Marcet Haldeman (1887-1941; author, editor, playwright; granddaughter of John Huy Addams); married 1942 to Susan Haney. See Addams-Haldeman family of Pennsylvania.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Daniel L. Keister (b. 1866) — of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. Born in Altoona, Blair County, Pa., March 7, 1866. Printer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Dauphin County, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  Horace A. McClung (b. 1865) — of Allegheny County, Pa. Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., 1865. Republican. Printing business; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Allegheny County, 1909. Burial location unknown.
  Edwin Sydney Stuart (1853-1937) — also known as Edwin S. Stuart — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 28, 1853. Son of Hugh Stuart and Anna (Newman) Stuart. Republican. Bookseller; publisher; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1884, 1900; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888, 1896, 1908; mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-95; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1907-11; director, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania; director, Diamond States Telephone Company. Died March 21, 1937 (age 83 years, 83 days). Interment at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Herbert Moore Wicks (1889-1957) — also known as Harry M. Wicks; Herbert Moore — Born in Arcola, Douglas County, Ill., December 10, 1889. Communist. Typesetter; Socialist candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 3rd District, 1918; founding member Communist Party of America, 1919; Workers candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1924; Workers candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1926; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932, 1934; expelled from Communist Party, 1937. Not to be confused with the British Communist of the same name. Died in 1957 (age about 67 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article

 

 


 
   
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