- Paul Leidy
Paul Leidy (
November 13 ,1813 –September 11 ,1877 ) was a Democratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Paul Leidy was born in
Hemlock Township, Pennsylvania . He attended the common schools and apprenticed as atailor . He taught school inDanville, Pennsylvania , for several years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Danville. He served as district attorney ofMontour County, Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1857.Leidy was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
John G. Montgomery . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. He died in Danville in 1877. Interment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.ources
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