Athelston Gaston was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Athelston Gaston was born in Castile, New York

Castile, New York

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. He moved with his parents to Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Crawford County, Pennsylvania

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, in 1854. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he became a dealer in and manufacturer of lumber

Lumber

Lumber or timber is wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production....

. He served as mayor of Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Meadville is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city is generally considered part of the Pittsburgh Tri-State and is within 40 miles of Erie, Pennsylvania. It was the first permanent settlement in northwest Pennsylvania...

, from 1891 to 1895.

Gaston was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth

56th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...

 Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900. He resumed the lumber business.

Gaston was killed while on a hunting trip along Lake Edward in northern Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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, in 1907. Interment in Greendale Cemetery in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard