John Roland Kinzer was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

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

Pennsylvania

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J. Roland Kinzer was born on a farm near Terre Hill, Pennsylvania

Terre Hill, Pennsylvania

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 in East Earl Township

East Earl Township, Pennsylvania

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, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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  He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College

Franklin & Marshall College

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 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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, in 1896 He served as county solicitor of Lancaster County from 1912–1923, and as a delegate to the 1928 Republican National Convention

1928 Republican National Convention

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. He was elected as a Republican to the seventy-first

71st United States Congress

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William W. Griest. He was reelected to the seventy-second

72nd United States Congress

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 Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946

United States House election, 1946

Elections to the United States House of Representatives for the 80th United States Congress took place in 1946. These midterm elections occurred in the middle of President Harry S. Truman's first term....

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