- Anderson Howell Walters
Anderson Howell Walters (
May 18 ,1862 –December 7 ,1927 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Johnstown activities
Anderson H. Walters was born in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania . He attended the public schools and was graduated fromJohnstown High School in 1878. He was employed as atelegraph er and clerk with thePennsylvania Railroad Company from 1878 to 1880. He entered the service of the Johnstown Water Company and the Johnstown Gas Company in 1881 and was assistant superintendent of these companies in 1889 and general manager and secretary from 1895 to 1902. He was a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1890, 1892, 1898, and 1904, and a delegate to the1896 Republican National Convention . He was the chairman of the Republican city committee from 1896 to 1899, and a member of the Republican State committee from 1898 to 1902. He was a member of the Johnstown City Council from 1900 to 1904. He was editor and proprietor of the "Johnstown Tribune " from 1902 until his death. He was elected as a member of the board oftrustee s of the Johnstown Savings Bank in 1907.United States House of Representatives
Walters was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress, and he was not a candidate for renomination. He was again elected to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses. He was the Chairman of the
United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor during the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination. He was again elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress, and was not a candidate for renomination.He died in Johnstown. Interment in Grandview Cemetery.
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