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D. Emmert Brumbaugh

1894 – 1977

American politician

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Lived 1894 – 1977 (aged 82). D. Emmert Brumbaugh was an American politician and banker.

David Emmert Brumbaugh (October 8, 1894 – April 22, 1977) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

D. Emmert Brumbaugh was born in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania. He was a student of the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and in 1914 he became interested in banking at Claysburg, Pennsylvania. During the First World War, he served as a private in the Thirty-third Division, Fifty-eighth Brigade Headquarters, serving overseas in 1918 and 1919, where he served with his cousin, Dr. David Brumbaugh. In 1921, he became interested in the lumber business and later established an insurance agency. He was a trustee of the Pennsylvania Industrial School in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, from 1939 to 1943.

The Republican Party elected Brumbaugh to the Seventy-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James E. Van Zandt. He was reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946. He served as Secretary of Banking for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from 1947 to 1951. He resumed his banking interests as president of the First National Bank of Claysburg. He was a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1963 to 1967.

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United States representative, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
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David Emmert Brumbaugh

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Who was D. Emmert Brumbaugh?

American politician

When was D. Emmert Brumbaugh born?

D. Emmert Brumbaugh was born on 8 October 1894 in Martinsburg.

When did D. Emmert Brumbaugh die?

D. Emmert Brumbaugh died on 22 April 1977 in Claysburg, Pennsylvania.

What was D. Emmert Brumbaugh's occupation?

D. Emmert Brumbaugh was a politician and banker.

What nationality was D. Emmert Brumbaugh?

D. Emmert Brumbaugh was American.

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· Wikipedia: D. Emmert Brumbaugh

· Wikidata: Q5203579

· DBpedia: D. Emmert Brumbaugh

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