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VINTAGE- BOIES PENROSE-FRIEND TO AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE JIM CROW PERIOD
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Boies PenroseTHIS PAMPHLET IS FROM MARCH 1914 AND IS ADDRESS GIVEN BY BOIES PENROSE. A .M.E. ZION CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA
PENROSE WAS A SUPPORTER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE JIM CROW PERIOD
THIS IS 28 PAGE, 6 X 8 1/2 PAMPHLET OF THE SPEECH HE MADE. A VERY SCARCE ITEM. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS A FOLD LINE, AND SOME
WRITING ON THIS PIECE, BUT IT DOES NOT HARM
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Boies Penrose
United States Senator
from
Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1897 – December 31, 1921
Preceded by
J. Donald Cameron
Succeeded by
George Pepper
Member of the
Republican National Committee
from Pennsylvania
In office
May 18, 1916 – December 31, 1921
Preceded by
Henry Wasson
Succeeded by
George Pepper
In office
June 9, 1904 – May 1, 1912
Preceded by
Matthew Quay
Succeeded by
Henry Wasson
Chairman of the
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
In office
May 27, 1903 – April 26, 1905
Preceded by
Matthew Quay
Succeeded by
Wesley Andrews
President pro tempore
of the
Pennsylvania Senate
In office
May 9, 1889 – May 28, 1891
Preceded by
John Grady
Succeeded by
John P. S. Gobin
Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate
from the
6th
district
In office
January 4, 1887 – January 27, 1897
[1]
Preceded by
Robert Adams, Jr.
Succeeded by
Israel Wilson Durham
Member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the
Philadelphia County
district
In office
January 6, 1885
[2]
– June 12, 1885
Personal details
Born
November 1, 1860
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
Died
December 31, 1921 (aged 61)
Washington D.C.
Political party
Republican
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an
American
lawyer and
Republican
politician from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. He represented
Pennsylvania
in the
United States Senate
from 1897 until his death in 1921. Penrose was the fourth
political boss
of the Pennsylvania Republican
political machine
, following
Simon Cameron
,
Donald Cameron
, and
Matthew Quay
.
[3]
:53
Penrose was the longest-serving Pennsylvania Senator until
Arlen Specter
surpassed his record in 2005