Thomas W. Templeton Explained

Thomas W. Templeton
Birth Name:Thomas Weir Templeton
Birth Date:8 November 1867
Birth Place:Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Occupation:Politician
Education:Wyoming Seminary
Party:Republican
Office:Member of the United States House of Representatives
Constituency:Pennsylvania
Term Start:1917
Term End:1919

Thomas Weir Templeton (November 8, 1867 – September 5, 1935) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Thomas Weir Templeton was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, a son of Hugh Templeton and his wife, Christiana Weir. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899 but did not practice. He served as prothonotary of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1904 to 1907. He engaged in business as a florist at Kingston.

Templeton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1918. He became superintendent of grounds and buildings at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in 1920 through 1923. He resumed the florist business in Kingston and died in Plymouth. He was interred in Edgehill Cemetery in West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Penn Floral Owner Dies . Wilkes-Barre Record . 17 . 1935-09-06 . 2020-07-07 . Newspapers.com.