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American politician
Edmund Frederick Erk
(April 17, 1872 ? December 14, 1953) was a
Republican
member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Pennsylvania
.
Biography
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Erk was born in
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
(now the North Side of Pittsburgh) to
German
immigrants.
[1]
He was engaged extensively in newspaper work in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. He served as secretary to Congressman
Stephen G. Porter
from 1911 to 1919
[2]
and as clerk of the
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
from June 1, 1919, to November 3, 1930.
[3]
He was the Secretary of the American delegation to the
League of Nations
Conference at
Geneva
in 1924 and 1925.
[4]
Erk was elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-first
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stephen G. Porter, at the same time being elected to the
Seventy-second
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 and for election in 1934. He served as secretary to Congressman
Michael J. Muldowney
from March 4, 1933, to January 2, 1935, and as an author and compiler. He served as clerk to
United States Senator
James J. Davis
of
Pennsylvania
from 1939 to 1945. He was a resident in
Bethesda, Maryland
, until his death there. Interment in St. John's Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
Sources
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References
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- ^
"United States Census, 1900"
,
FamilySearch
, retrieved
March 26,
2018
- ^
Congress, United States (2005).
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First Through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive
. U.S. Government Printing Office.
ISBN
978-0-16-073176-1
.
- ^
"Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details"
.
bioguideretro.congress.gov
. Retrieved
2021-01-27
.
- ^
Onofrio, Jan (1999-01-01).
Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary
. Somerset Publishers, Inc.
ISBN
978-0-403-09950-4
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