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William Stuart Reyburn was a
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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
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.
Reyburn was born in
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, to
John E. ReyburnJohn Edgar Reyburn was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and Mayor of Philadelphia....
and Margretta (Crozier). He married Georgie Fontaine Maury, of Washington, June 10, 1911. He graduated from
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in 1904, where he was a member of
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, and from the law department of
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,
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He was a member of President
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's party that visited the
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,
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, and
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in 1905. He served in the
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from 1909 until 1911.
He was elected to 62d Congress, May 23, 1911, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Joel CookJoel Cook was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Joel Cook was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia....
and served from May 23, 1911, to March 3, 1913. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1913.
Sources
- Who's Who in America, p. 1409.