William Sebring Kirkpatrick

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William Sebring Kirkpatrick
Joseph Johnson Hart
Succeeded byLaird Howard Barber
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 18, 1887 – January 10, 1891
GovernorJames A. Beaver
Preceded byLewis C. Cassidy
Succeeded byW. U. Hensel
Personal details
Born(1844-04-21)April 21, 1844
Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1932(1932-11-03) (aged 88)
Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeEaston Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseElizabeth H. Jones
Children2
Alma materLafayette College
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William Sebring Kirkpatrick (April 21, 1844 – November 3, 1932) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.

William S. Kirkpatrick (father of

Attorney General
of Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1891. He served as lecturer on municipal law at Lafayette College.

Kirkpatrick was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1894. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898. For a year from 1902 to 1903 he served as the acting president at Lafayette while president Ethelbert Dudley Warfield recuperated in Europe.[1] He resumed the practice of law and died in Easton, in 1932. Interment in Easton Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ Skillman, David Bishop (1932). The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph Johnson Hart
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

1897-1899
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by
Attorney General of Pennsylvania

1887–1891
Succeeded by