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McConnell, Samuel K., Jr

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Personal name headingMcConnell, Samuel K., Jr.
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LocatedWashington (D.C.)
Birth date19010406
Death date19850411
Place of birthEddystone (Pa.)
Place of deathBryn Mawr (Pa.)
Field of activityLegislation
AffiliationUnited States House Committee on Education and Labor
Profession or occupationLegislators--United States
Found inUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. The Pittsburgh beer war, 1947: title page (Jr., Samuel K. McConnell)
Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr. (April 6, 1901 - April 11, 1985) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. McConnell was elected as a Republican to the 78th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. William Ditter. He was re-elected to the 79th Congress and to the six succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor during the 83rd Congress. He resigned on September 1, 1957, to become the executive director of United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., serving until June 1961. He served as vice president and president of Woodcock, Moyer, Fricke and French, Inc. from 1961 to 1967. He died in 1985 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania five days after his 84th birthday. He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr.
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