Douglas Hemphill Elliott (June 3, 1921 – June 19, 1960) was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Douglas H. Elliott was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. He attended the schools of Philadelphia and graduated from The Haverford School

The Haverford School

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 in 1938. He attended the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 at Charlottesville

Charlottesville, Virginia

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, from 1938 to 1940. During the Second World War, he served in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 from 1941 until discharged as a Chief Petty Officer

Chief Petty Officer

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 in 1945. He worked for insurance companies from 1945 to 1952. He served as director of public relations of the Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute

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 in Philadelphia from 1950 to 1952. He served as vice president of Wilson College

Wilson College (Pennsylvania)

Wilson College, founded 1869, is a private, Presbyterian-related, liberal arts women's college located on a campus in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded by two Presbyterian ministers, but named for its first major donor, Sarah Wilson of nearby St. Thomas Township,...

 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

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, from 1952 to 1960. Elliott was elected in November 1956

United States House election, 1956

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 to the Pennsylvania State Senate

Pennsylvania State Senate

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 and served until elected to Congress.

Elliott was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth

86th United States Congress

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard M. Simpson

Richard M. Simpson

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 and served from April 26, 1960, until his death in Horse Valley, Pennsylvania, in 1960. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.