Beshlin, Earl Hanley

Beshlin, Earl Hanley, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Conewango Township, Warren County, Pa., April 28, 1870; was raised on a farm; attended the public schools and was graduated from Warren High School; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Warren County in 1893 and commenced practice in Warren, Warren County, Pa.; elected burgess of Warren County in 1906 for a term of three years; served as borough solicitor from 1914 to 1918; elected as a Democrat and Prohibitionist to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Orrin D. Bleakley and served from November 8, 1917, to March 3, 1919; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law at Warren, Pa., where he now resides.