Alvin Evans

Alvin Evans ( born October 4, 1845 in Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, † June 19, 1906 ) was an American politician. Between 1901 and 1905 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alvin Evans attended the public schools of his home and then the Iron City Business College in Pittsburgh. Subsequently, he worked in the timber industry. During the civil war he was for a short time soldier in a volunteer company from Pennsylvania, which should counteract the advance of the troops of Robert E. Lee. After studying law and his 1873 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Ebensburg in this profession. In this city he was mayor for a term of office. For several years, Evans was a legal representative of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Cambria County. He got one in the banking industry and was co-founder and board member of First National Bank of Ebensburg. In addition, he was temporarily in the local council and the school board of his home town.

Politically, Evans joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1900 he was in the 20th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Earlston Thropp on March 4, 1901. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1905 two legislative sessions. Since 1903, he represented the 19th district where his state. In 1904 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Alvin Evans took his previous activities on again. He died on June 19, 1906 in his home town of Ebensburg.