- Ivor D. Fenton
Doctor Ivor David Fenton(
August 3 ,1889 –October 23 ,1986 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Early life
Ivor Fenton was born in Mahanoy City (Buck Mountain),
Pennsylvania . He attendedBucknell University inLewisburg, Pennsylvania , and graduated fromJefferson Medical College inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania , in 1912. He served an internship at Ashland State Hospital in Pennsylvania in 1912 and 1913, and then commenced the practice of medicine in Mahanoy City.Military Service
He enlisted in the
United States Army Medical Corps and was commissioned a lieutenant on August 8, 1917, rising later to the rank of captain. He served twenty months (eleven overseas) with the 315th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division. After his military service he returned to Mahanoy City to resume his medical practice.Public Service
Fenton was elected as a Republican to the
76th United States Congress and to the eleven succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962.After his time in Congress, he served as medical advisor to Secretary of Welfare of the State of Pennsylvania and as a medical consultant to State General Hospital, State of Pennsylvania. He retired in January 1968, and lived in Mahonoy City until his death in
Sunbury, Pennsylvania .References
*CongBio|F000075 Retrieved on
2008-02-10
* [http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/special-collections/oral-history/fenno/fenton.html National Archives Interview]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE3DD1631F936A15753C1A960948260 New York Times Obituary]
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