Alfred Buckwalter GARNER, Congress, PA (1873-1930)

GARNER, Alfred Buckwalter, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pa., March 4, 1873; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Ashland, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives 1901-1907; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911); again a member of the State house of representatives 1915-1917; resumed the practice of law in Ashland, Pa.; taxing officer, auditor general’s department, Harrisburg, Pa., from May 1917, until his death in Harrisburg July 30, 1930; interment in Fountain Spring Cemetery, Fountain Spring, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present