Biography

04/21/1838 - 05/08/1890

Horatio Gates Fisher (R33) Franklin and Huntingdon Counties 1877-1880

Early Life:

Horatio Gates Fisher, born April 21, 1838, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; son of Thomas and Rachel Jackson Fisher; education, public, private schools; Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1855; engaged, mining, shipping, wholesale coal business; married, Margaret Foley Gwin Fisher, 1861, children, James Gwin Fisher, Stacy Barcroft Fisher, Anna Fisher, Thomas Fisher, Rachel Patton Fisher; Huntingdon Borough Council, 1862-1865; auditor, Huntingdon County, 1865-1868; burgess, borough of Huntingdon 1874-1876; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1876-1879; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh Congresses, Pennsylvania's 18th District, 1879-1883; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, Forty-seventh Congress, declined, candidate for renomination; resumed his former business pursuits; appointed, Governor Beaver, member, board of managers of Huntingdon Reformatory, 1888; died, May 8, 1890 (aged 52), Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; interment, River View Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Huntingdon Borough Council, 1862-1865.

Auditor, Huntingdon County, 1865-1868. 

Burgess, borough of Huntingdon 1874-1876. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Franklin and Huntingdon Counties, 1877-1880.

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh Congresses, Pennsylvania's 18th District, 1879-1883; chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, Forty-seventh Congress, declined, candidate for renomination.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

Horatio Gates Fisher (1838-1890) - Find a Grave Memorial