Biography

07/20/1853 - 01/21/1903

Ellwood Becker (R2) Philadelphia (Part) County 1891-1898

Early Life:

Ellwood Becker, born July 20, 1853, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of Frederick and Hermina Becker; public schools, Park Avenue Grammar School; engaged, real estate business; director, board of Merchants Title and Trust Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; delegate, Republican State Convention, 1890; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1891-1898; appointed, United States Port Shipping Commissioner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900; died, January 21, 1903 (age 49 years, 189 days), pneumonia, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Engaged, real estate business, establishing a successful rental property operation, over 600 houses.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Washington Lodge of Masons.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1891-1898; committee assignments, Appropriations, Banks and Building and Loan Associations, Education, Elections, Judicial Apportionment, Mines and Mining, Municipal Affairs. 

Appointed, United States Port Shipping Commissioner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900.

Legacy:

First Republican represent 2nd senatorial district. 

Honorary pall bearers, United Senators Matthew S. Quay and Boise Penrose, Insurance Commissioners Israel Durham, also a former Pennsylvania State Senator. 

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) (1898) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1164, 1169-1171, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1136.

Ellwood Becker (1853-1903) - Find a Grave Memorial