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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWilliam Stuart REYBURN
(1882-1946)
REYBURN, William Stuart,
(son of John Edgar Reyburn), a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 17, 1882; attended the Hill
School, Pottstown, Pa.; was graduated from Yale University in 1904
and from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington,
D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in
Washington, D.C.; member of President Taft’s party which
visited the Philippines, Japan, and China in 1905; served in the
State house of representatives from 1909 until May 25, 1911, when
he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joel Cook and served
from May 23, 1911, to March 3, 1913; declined to be a candidate for
renomination in 1912; resumed the practice of his profession in
Washington, D.C., and subsequently retired from active business
pursuits; resided in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., and later moved to
his estate “Black Hill,” Old Lyme, Conn.; died in New
Haven, Conn., on July 25, 1946; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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