Biography

01/16/1837 - 10/31/1903

Lafayette Rowland (D22) Carbon, Monroe, Pike Counties 1895-1898

Early Life:

Lafayette Rowland, born, January 16, 1837, Rowlands, Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel H. and Lucinda Rogers Rowland; Fort Edward Institute, New York; teacher; farmer; lumbering; elected, treasurer, Pike County, 1874-1875; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1889-1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1892); elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1895-1898; married, Arabella Kimble Rowland; died, October 31, 1903; interment, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kimbles, Pike County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Eected, treasurer, Pike County, 1874-1875

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1889-1892; not a candidate for reelection, 1892.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22^nd district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike Counties, 1895-1898, committee assignments, Agriculture, Corporation, Education, Library, Military Affairs, Public Grounds and Buildings.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=6196&body=H

Legacy:

Brother, Pennsylvania State Senator Samuel H. Rowland, 1873-1875; Uncle, Pennsylvania State Senator G. Frank Rowland, 1907.

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) (1898) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1163, 1169-1171, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1139.

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