Biography

08/26/1828 - 09/16/1895

John A. Lemon (R21) Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Somerset Counties 1873-1874 (R35) Blair and Cambria Counties 1875-1880 (R35) Blair and Cambria Counties 1889-1895

Early Life:

John A. Lemon, born August 26, 1827, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel and Jane Moore Lemon; common school education; coal operating, railroad contractor, Allegheny Portage Railroad; burgess of Hollidaysburg, three years; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1873-1870; elected, Auditor General of the Commonwealth, 1880-1884; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1888-1895; married, Barbara Walker, children, Charles S., Olive, Samuel H., John A., Margaret J., Katharine M., Jean Moore Lemon; died, September 16, 1895 (aged 68), while in office of the Senate, at home, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania; interment, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Burgess of Hollidaysburg, three years.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Somerset Counties, 1873-1874; committee assignments, Accounts (Chairman), Public Buildings, Railroads, Vice and Immorality.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 35th district, Blair and Cambria Counties, 1875-1880; committee assignments, Accounts, Finance, Municipal Affairs, Railroads (Chairman).

Elected, Auditor General of the Commonwealth, 1880-1884.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 35th district, Blair and Cambria Counties, 1888-1895; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation (Chairman), Finance, Public Printing, Railroads; died, September 16, 1895, not replaced.

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1874). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 519, 521, 525-527.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1879). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 705, 710-712, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 665.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1895). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 888, 894-897, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 852.

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