Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)
| Edward Martin | |
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| United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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| In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Guffey |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Scott |
| 32nd Governor of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 19, 1943 – January 2, 1947 |
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| Lieutenant | John Bell |
| Preceded by | Arthur James |
| Succeeded by | John Bell |
| 18th Treasurer of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 15, 1929 – January 17, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Snyder |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Lewis |
| Chairman of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | |
| In office May 12, 1928[1] – June 9, 1934[2] |
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| Preceded by | W.L. Mellon |
| Succeeded by | Harvey Taylor |
| 23rd Auditor General of Pennsylvania | |
| In office January 20, 1925 – January 15, 1929 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Charles Waters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 18, 1879 Ten Mile, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 19, 1967 (aged 87) Washington, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Edward Martin (September 18, 1879 – March 19, 1967) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.
Martin was born at Ten Mile, Pennsylvania in 1879. He attended public schools and graduated from Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1901. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1905 and commenced practice in Waynesburg. He served in the Spanish-American War on the Mexican Border and in the First and Second World Wars. He was a burgess of East Waynesburg from 1902 to 1905, solicitor of Greene County from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1916 to 1920. He served as auditor general of Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1929 and State treasurer from 1929 to 1933. He was adjutant general of Pennsylvania from 1939 to 1943. He was also president of the National Guard Association of the United States in 1940. He had varied business interests, including fire insurance, oil and gas, and banking.
Martin was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 1943. He served as president of the Council of State Governments in 1946 and was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in the same year. Martin was re-elected to the Senate in 1952. During the Eighty-third Congress from 1953 to 1955, when the Republicans were in the majority, he was chairman of the Committee on Public Works. Martin did not seek re-nomination to a third term in 1958. He died in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1967 and is buried at Greene Mount Cemetery in Waynesburg.
Fort Indiantown Gap [edit]
Before entering public life, Martin served as a general in the United States National Guard. Martin was prominent in the development of Fort Indiantown Gap and after his death, the United States Senate renamed the facility the Edward Martin Military Reservation, a designation that Martin himself had rejected throughout his life. The new name was never fully accepted by the military personnel who served there. In 1975, the Secretary of the Army renamed the post Fort Indiantown Gap in order to more closely align it with the other active duty stations throughout the United States.
References [edit]
- ^ Armstrong, Robert B. (May 12, 1928). "Mellon to Get Keystone Vote". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- ^ Townley, John B. (June 8, 1934). "Martin Gives Up Chairman Post, Recommends Taylor". The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
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- 1879 births
- 1967 deaths
- People from Greene County, Pennsylvania
- Governors of Pennsylvania
- United States Senators from Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Auditors General
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Chairs of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
- United States presidential candidates, 1948
- Republican Party United States Senators
- Waynesburg University alumni
