He taught school fourteen years in Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and served seven years as superintendent of the public schools of Scranton.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Scranton. He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903 to February 10, 1904, when he was succeeded by William Connell, who contested the election.
He was assistant principal of the Scranton Technical High School from 1906 to 1908, and served as superintendent of schools from 1908 until his death in Scranton. Interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.
george, howell, pennsylvania, politician, george, howell, june, 1859, november, 1913, american, educator, politician, served, democratic, member, house, representatives, from, pennsylvania, george, howellmember, house, representatives, from, pennsylvania, 11th. George Howell June 28 1859 November 19 1913 was an American educator and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania George HowellMember of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 11th districtIn office March 4 1903 February 10 1904Preceded byHenry B CasselSucceeded byWilliam ConnellPersonal detailsBorn 1859 06 28 June 28 1859Scranton PennsylvaniaDiedNovember 19 1913 1913 11 19 aged 54 Scranton PennsylvaniaPolitical partyDemocraticBiography editGeorge Howell was born in Scranton Pennsylvania He attended the public schools the Pennington Seminary in Pennington New Jersey the Newton Collegiate Institute in Newton Pennsylvania and Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University at Normal He taught school fourteen years in Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania and served seven years as superintendent of the public schools of Scranton He studied law was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Scranton He presented credentials as a Democratic Member elect to the Fifty eighth Congress and served from March 4 1903 to February 10 1904 when he was succeeded by William Connell who contested the election He was assistant principal of the Scranton Technical High School from 1906 to 1908 and served as superintendent of schools from 1908 until his death in Scranton Interred in Forest Hill Cemetery Sources editUnited States Congress George Howell id H000862 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The Political Graveyard U S House of Representatives Preceded byHenry B Cassel Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 11th congressional district1903 1904 Succeeded byWilliam Connell nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Howell Pennsylvania politician amp oldid 1168446972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
