Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (November 6, 1841 – June 2, 1923) was a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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

Pennsylvania

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Frank E. Beltzhoover was born in Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania

Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania

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. He attended Big Spring Academy in Newville, Pennsylvania

Newville, Pennsylvania

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. He graduated from Pennsylvania College

Gettysburg College

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 at Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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 in 1862. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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. He served as chairman of the Democratic committee of Cumberland County in 1868 and 1873. He was district attorney

District attorney

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 from 1874 to 1877. He was a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention

1876 Democratic National Convention

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Beltzhoover was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth

46th United States Congress

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 and Forty-seventh

47th United States Congress

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 Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He was again elected to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 and Fifty-third

53rd United States Congress

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 Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on War Claims during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

He resumed the practice of law in Carlisle until 1910, when he moved to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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. He lived in retirement until his death on in 1923. Interment in Ashland Cemetery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard