| LC control no. | no2008031815 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kiess, Edgar Raymond, 1875-1930 |
| Variant(s) | Kiess, Mr. (Edgar Raymond), 1875-1930 |
| Located | Hughesville (Pa.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 18750826 |
| Death date | 19300720 |
| Place of birth | Warrensville (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Eagles Mere (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | Acceptance of cessions of certain Samoan Islands, 1929: p. 1 (Mr. Kiess, from the Committee on Insular Affairs) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Feb. 28, 2008 (Kiess, Edgar Raymond, a Representative from Penn.; b. Aug. 26, 1875; d. July 20, 1930) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Mar. 9, 2015 (Kiess, Edgar Raymond, Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Warrensville, Lycoming County, Pa., August 26, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from Lycoming County Normal School, Muncy, Pa., in 1892; taught in the public schools of Lycoming County for two years; engaged in the newspaper publishing business in Hughesville in 1894; member of the State house of representatives 1904-1910; engaged in business in Williamsport in 1910; served as a trustee of Pennsylvania State College 1912-1930; elected as a Republican to 63rd and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from Mar. 4, 1913, until his death at his summer home at Eagles Mere, Pa., July 20, 1930; chairman, Committee on Insular Affairs (Sixty-ninth through Seventy-first Congresses); interment Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Pa.) |
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