Albert Vaughn | |
Birth Place: | West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
District: | 8th |
Predecessor: | Franklin H. Lichtenwalter |
Successor: | Karl C. King |
Term Start: | January 3, 1951 |
Term End: | September 1, 1951 |
State: | Pennsylvania |
Battles: | World War II |
Death Place: | Fullerton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Birth Date: | October 9, 1894 |
Death Date: | September 1, 1951 (aged 56) |
Albert Clinton Vaughn Sr. (October 9, 1894 – September 1, 1951) was an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]
Vaughn was born in West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Allentown Business College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1911, and also completed an extension course in business administration.[2]
During World War II, he served as a yeoman in the United States Navy. For twenty-five years, he was engaged in private industry, including engineering, administrative, and sales positions. He was elected a school director in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in 1929 for a six-year term. He served as an executive assistant to Representative Charles L. Gerlach in 1945 and to Representative Franklin H. Lichtenwalter in 1947.[3]
Vaughn was elected as a Republican to the 82nd Congress and served from January 3, 1951, until his death on September 1, 1951, in Fullerton, Pennsylvania. He was interred at Fairview Cemetery in West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.[4]