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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWilliam Shearer STENGER
(1840-1918)
STENGER, William Shearer,
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Fort London, Franklin
County, Pa., February 13, 1840; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in
1858; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced
practice in Chambersburg, Pa.; executive director of the
Philadelphia Record; district attorney of Franklin County
1862-1871; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and
Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress;
resumed the practice of his profession; secretary of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1883-1887; died in Philadelphia, Pa.,
March 29, 1918; interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Church
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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