J. Francis Harter
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John Francis Harter was a Republican
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 member of the United States House of Representatives
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 from New York
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Harter was born in Perry, New York
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. He served in the Officers' Training Camp of the United States Army
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 during World War I
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. He graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1919. He was elected to Congress in 1938 and served from January 3, 1939 until January 3, 1941. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election in 1940 against Alfred F. Beiter
Alfred F. Beiter
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