Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Bixler, Harris Jacob

Bixler, Harris Jacob, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Buffalo, Perry County, Pa., September 16, 1870; attended the public schools and Lock Haven State Normal School; taught school in the country districts in Perry and Clinton Counties 1878-1892; attended Potts Business College, Williamsport, Pa.; moved to Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pa., in 1892 and worked as a shipping clerk; later was engaged in banking and manufacturing; director of the Johnsonburg National Bank; served as president of the city council 1900-1904 and as president of the board of education 1904-1910; mayor of Johnsonburg 1908-1912; sheriff of Elk County, Pa., 1916-1920; chairman of the Republican county committee 1916-1925; chairman of the draft board, Elk County, during the First World War; treasurer of Elk County 1920-1922; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, and Sixty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; engaged in business as a freight contractor and also interested in agricultural pursuits; died in Johnsonburg, Pa., on March 29, 1941; interment in Duncannon Cemetery, Duncannon, Pa.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Bixler, Harris Jacob," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.853 Original Sources, accessed September 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47L7M3NAPQAXI9.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Bixler, Harris Jacob." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.853, Original Sources. 30 Sep. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47L7M3NAPQAXI9.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Bixler, Harris Jacob' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.853. Original Sources, retrieved 30 September 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=V47L7M3NAPQAXI9.