Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
---|---|---|---|---|
1881-1882 | 25 | Republican | ||
1883-1884 | 25 | Republican | ||
1885-1886 | 25 | Republican | ||
1887-1888 | 25 | Republican |
Lewis Emery, Jr. (R25) McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties 1881-1888
Early Life:
Lewis Emery, Jr., born August 10, 1839, Cherry Creek Township, Chautauqua County, New York; son of Lewis Sr. and Maria Gilson Emery; raised in Michigan; attended common schools; Hillsdale College, Michigan; miller; proprietor, Emery Oil Company; proprietor, general hardware store, machine and railroad supply house; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1879-1880 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1880 term; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1881-1889; president, Bradford, DeGolier and Smethport Railroad Company, 1880; engaged, merchant flour milling, Michigan; proprietor, lumber mill, Kentucky; proprietor, wheat farms, North Dakota; unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1906; married, Elizabeth Caldwell, children, Delevan Emery, Grace Elizabeth Emery, Earle Caldwell Emery; died, November 19, 1924, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Senior year, student-professor, Hillsdale College. Moved, Pennsylvania, oil business, drilled, first well, Toad Hollow outside Bradford, 1875, owned over 500 producing oil wells. President, Bradford, DeGolier and Smethport Railroad Company, 1880; engaged, merchant flour milling, Michigan; proprietor, lumber mill, Ky.; proprietor, wheat farms, North Dakota. World traveler exhibited items from travels, personal museum, located, second floor, Emery Hardware Store, Bradford.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1879-1880 term, not a candidate for reelection 1880 term.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 25th district, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1881-1888, committee assignments, Banks, Education, Insurance, Legislative Apportionment, New County and County Seats. (Rumored knocked out a fellow senator on the floor of the capitol building)
Unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1906.
Pa. House of Representatives Biography:
Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)
Legacy:
The SS Lewis Emery Jr., World War II liberty ship, built, Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company, Mobile, Alabama, launched October 15, 1943.
Lewis Emery County Park and Lewis Emery Community Center Hillsdale, MI 49242. Hillsdale County Parks
The History of The Emery Hotel Bradford Landmark Society - The History of The Emery Hotel - Bradford Pa History Historical Society
Minard Run Oil Company Our History (minardrunoil.com)
The Lewis Emery House, 116 Congress Street (20+) The Lewis Emery house,... - The Bradford Historical Landmark Society | Facebook
Cited:
Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1888). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 670, 676-678, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 642.
University restores painting owned by oil tycoon (News) | University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Lewis Emery Jr. (1839-1924) - Find a Grave Memorial