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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaAlbert Greig RUTHERFORD
(1879-1941)
RUTHERFORD, Albert Greig,
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Watford, Ontario
Province, Canada, January 3, 1879; immigrated to the United States
in 1883 with his parents, who settled in Carbondale, Pa.; attended
the public schools, Blair Academy, Blairstown, N.J., and
Scranton-Lackawanna Business College; was graduated from the law
department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in
1904; was admitted to the bar October 10, 1904, and commenced
practice in Scranton, Pa.; affiliated with the Democratic Party;
served as deputy prothonotary of Lackawanna County, Pa., 1907-1914;
moved to Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa., in 1918 and continued the
practice of law; enlisted in the Pennsylvania National Guard in
1904; served as a lieutenant colonel of the Second Pennsylvania
Reserve Militia in 1918; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses and
served from January 3, 1937, until his death in Washington, D.C.,
on August 10, 1941; interment in Glen Dyberry Cemetery, Honesdale,
Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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