Ellwood J. Turner

Ellwood Jackson Turner (August 9, 1886 – March 1, 1948) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1925 to 1948 and as the 119th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1939 to 1941.

Early life and education Ellwood Turner was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, to Frederick Fairthorne and Virginia (née Short) Turner. He moved with his family to Scranton, then Wilkes-Barre where he attended Hilton's Private Academy. The family moved again to Chester and he graduated from Chester High School in 1904. and opened an office in Chester in 1912.

Turner served as a sergeant

He was an opponent of fellow Republican Governor Gifford Pinchot and spoke out against Pinchot's proposal to dissolve the state Public Service Commission, and called for transferring control of the state budget from the governor to the auditor general. He also introduced legislation prohibiting more than one family member from working for the state, a proposal which was aimed at Pinchot's personal secretary (who was married to a clerical worker in the governor's office).

Turner is interred at the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.