- Leonard Myers
Leonard Myers (
November 13 ,1827 –February 11 ,1905 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania during theAmerican Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction.Leonard Myers was born in Attleboro, Pennsylvania (now
Langhorne, Pennsylvania ). He attended theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia and studied law, but did not earn a degree. [ [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/notables/political/pennincongressim.html Penn in Congress] ]He was
major of the Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, during the emergency service of September 1862 when Pennsylvania felt threatened byRobert E. Lee during theMaryland Campaign .He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1862. He successfully contested the election of
John Moffet to the41st Congress . He was reelected in 1868 and served until March 3, 1875. He served as Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (42nd United States Congress ),United States House Committee on Patents (42nd Congress), andUnited States House Committee on Private Land Claims (43rd United States Congress ). He was defeated in 1874.References
*CongBio|M001131 Retrieved on
2008-02-14
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/myers.html The Political Graveyard]References
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* [http://www.civilwarphotos.net/files/cartes_de_visite_images/c107.jpgPhotograph at www.civilwarphotos.net] .
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