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Penrose, Boies, 1860-1921

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Personal name headingPenrose, Boies, 1860-1921
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Birth date1860-11-01
Death date1921-12-31
Place of birthPhiladelphia (Pa.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityPolitics, Practical Practice of law Patronage, Political
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (Pa.) Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators--United States
Found inBiographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed online: (Penrose, Boies; born November 1, 1860 at Philadelphia; died December 31, 1921 at Washington, D.C.; lawyer, Republican senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921)
Dictionary of American biography, vol. 14: p. 448-449 (Penrose, Boies; leader of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania from the death of Matthew Quay in 1904 until his death; considered the state "boss" opposed to the Progressive wing of the party; member of the Republican National Committee)
Associated languageeng