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Harve Tibbott

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Harve Tibbott
The Brockway Record, April 19, 1940
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th district
In office
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949
Preceded byLouis E. Graham
Succeeded byRobert L. Coffey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th district
In office
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945
Preceded byJoseph Anthony Gray
Succeeded byAugustine B. Kelley
Personal details
Born(1885-05-27)May 27, 1885
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 31, 1969(1969-12-31) (aged 84)
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican

Harve Tibbott (May 27, 1885 – December 31, 1969) was an American pharmacist who was as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving three terms in office from 1939 to 1945.[1][2]

Formative years

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Tibbott was born near Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh in 1906.[3][4]

Career

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Tibbott began his professional life in retail drug business by working as a pharmacist in Ebensburg in 1906.[5][6]

Politics

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He subsequently became the treasurer of the William Penn Highway Association, and served in that capacity from 1913 to 1915. He then became the treasurer of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and served in that role from 1932 to 1935. A member of the Republican State committee in 1936 and 1937, he assumed the job of president of the First National Bank of Ebensburg in 1938.[7][8]

Congress

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Tibbott was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948, defeated by Democrat Robert L. Coffey.[9][10]

Death and interment

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Tibbott died in Ebensburg on December 31, 1969, and was interred in the Lloyd Cemetery.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ "Tibbott, Harve" (T000263), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tibbott, Harve." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," The Political Graveyard.
  7. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," The Political Graveyard.
  9. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," The Political Graveyard.
  11. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ "Tibbott, Harve," The Political Graveyard.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district
1939–1945 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district
1945–1949 		Succeeded by
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