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Edward Martin

Edward MartinBorn: 18-Sep-1879
Birthplace: Ten Mile, PA
Died: 19-Mar-1967
Location of death: Washington, PA
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, PA

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican [1]

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor and Senator from Pennsylvania

Military service: US Army (Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII)


[1] Formerly a Democrat, switched during WWI.

Father: Joseph Thomas Martin (school director)
Mother: Hanna M. Bristor
Wife: Mary Charity Scott (m. 1-Dec-1908, one son, one daughter)
Son: Edward Scott
Daughter: Mary Charity

    University: Monongahela College (transferred)
    University:
BA Pre-Law, Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA (1901)

    Dun-Mar Oil and Gas Company President
    US Senator, Pennsylvania (3-Jan-1947 to 3-Jan-1959)
    Governor of Pennsylvania (1943-47)
    Pennsylvania State Official Adjutant General (1939-43)
    Treasurer of Pennsylvania (1929-33)
    Pennsylvania State Official Auditor General (1925-29)
    Pennsylvania State Official County Solicitor, Greene County, PA (1908-10)
    Pennsylvania State Official Burgess, East Waynesburg, PA (1902-05)
    National Guard Association of the United States President (1940)
    American Legion
    Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
    Freemasonry
    Legion of Valor
    Pennsylvania Bar Association 1905
    Sons of the American Revolution
    Veterans of Foreign Wars
    Distinguished Service Cross
    Purple Heart

Author of books:
Always Be On Time: An Autobiography (1959, memoir)


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