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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaDon GINGERY
(1884-1961)
GINGERY, Don, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Woodland, Clearfield
County, Pa., February 19, 1884; moved to Clearfield, Pa., in 1892;
attended the public schools of Clearfield, Pa., Mercersburg (Pa.)
Academy, and Ohio Northern University at Ada; was engaged in the
hardware and mine-supply business from 1902 to 1934; also engaged
as a civil engineer in 1903; member of the State house of
representatives in 1915 and 1916; served in the Pennsylvania
National Guard, in grades from private to captain, 1902-1906;
chairman of the Clearfield County Democratic committee in 1916 and
1917; member of the Democratic State committee in 1919 and 1920;
member of the official delegation attending the inauguration of
President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Republic at Manila, in
1935; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth
Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress;
associated with the Bituminous Coal Division, the Coal Mines
Administration, and the Solid Fuels Administration for War of the
United States Department of the Interior, at Altoona, Pa.,
1939-1946; died in Clearfield, Pa., October 15, 1961; interment in
Hillcrest Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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