John Marshall Rose 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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John Marshall Rose was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania

Washington, Pennsylvania

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, in 1880. He taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Johnstown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1889, but declined reelection.

Rose was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth

65th United States Congress

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, Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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, and Sixty-seventh

67th United States Congress

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 Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He died in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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  Interment in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown

Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown

Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery located at 801 Millcreek Road in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.The cemetery association that operates Grandview was founded in 1885 to accommodate Johnstown's rapidly growing population...

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