Biography

03/15/1862 - 02/25/1941

George Brinton Sprowls (D46) Greene and Washington Counties 1923-1924

Early Life:

George Brinton Sprowls, born March 15, 1862, on a farm, East Finley, Washington County, Pennsylvania; son of Simeon and Mary Montgomery Sprowls; public school education; private normal school, West Finley, Pennsylvania; Washington and Jefferson College, 1884; school director, Claysville, Pennsylvania, twenty- three years; delegate, School Directors Convention, Washington County, three years; married, Caroline A. “Carrie” Stillwagen Sprowls, 1890, children, Harry Vincent Sprowls, Mary M. Sprowls, Lena Frances Sprowls Kelly, George Bryan Sprowls, Thomas Wray Sprowls, Helen G. Sprowls Ross, Margaret K. Sprowls Miller; solicitor, Latrobe borough, 1895; burgess, Claysville, 1902; president, Pennsylvania and Atlantic Sea Board Hardware Association 1919-1920; died, February 25, 1941 (aged 78) Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interment, Claysville Cemetery, Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

School director, Claysville, Pennsylvania, twenty- three years; delegate, School Directors Convention, Washington County, three years.

Solicitor, Latrobe borough, 1895; burgess, Claysville, 1902.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 46th district, Greene and Washington Counties; elected January 17, 1923, to fill vacancy occasioned by the tie vote at election on November 7, 1922†; committee assignments, Agriculture, Congressional Apportionment, Exposition Affairs, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Library, Mines and Mining, Pensions and Gratuities, Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1923-1924). Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 984, 990, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 965.

† The Pennsylvania Manual, (1923-1924). Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, page 984.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Thursday, February 27, 1941, page 2. 

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