John Marshall Rose | |
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Birth Date: | 18 May 1856 |
Birth Place: | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Washington, D.C. |
Occupation: | Teacher, politician |
Alma Mater: | Washington & Jefferson College |
Party: | Republican |
Office1: | Member of the United States House of Representatives |
Constituency1: | Pennsylvania |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1917 |
Term End1: | March 4, 1923 |
Office2: | Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1889 |
Term End2: | 1891 |
John Marshall Rose (May 18, 1856 – April 22, 1923) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Marshall Rose was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1880. He taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Johnstown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1889, but declined reelection.[1] During his term he acquired the nickname "the whistling statesman" for his habit of whistling popular songs.[2]
Rose was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses.[1] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He died in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 1923.[1] [2] He is interred in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown.