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| birth_place = [[Plum Township, Pennsylvania|Chapmanville, Pennsylvania]]
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| district1 = [[Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district|25th]]
| constituency1 = [[Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district|25th district]]
| term1 = March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 (25th)<br>March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 (25th)<br>March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 (29th)
| term1 = March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915<br>March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923
| preceded1 = [[Arthur L. Bates]] (1913)<br>[[Henry Alden Clark|Henry A. Clark]] (1919)<br>[[Stephen G. Porter]] (1923)
| preceded1 = [[Arthur L. Bates]] (1913)<br>[[Henry Alden Clark|Henry A. Clark]] (1919)
| succeeded1 = [[Michael Liebel, Jr.]] (1915)<br>[[Henry W. Temple]] (1923)<br>[[Charles N. Crosby]] (1933)
| succeeded1 = [[Michael Liebel, Jr.]] (1915)<br>[[Henry W. Temple]] (1923)
| office2 = Member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]
| constituency2 = [[Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district|29th district]]
| term2 = 1907–1912
| term2 = March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
| preceded2 = [[Stephen G. Porter]]
| succeeded2 = [[Charles N. Crosby]]
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| term3 = 1907–1912
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 23 November 2024

Milton William Shreve
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byArthur L. Bates (1913)
Henry A. Clark (1919)
Succeeded byMichael Liebel, Jr. (1915)
Henry W. Temple (1923)
Constituency25th district
In office
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byStephen G. Porter
Succeeded byCharles N. Crosby
Constituency29th district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1907–1912
Personal details
Born(1858-05-03)May 3, 1858
Chapmanville, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 23, 1939(1939-12-23) (aged 81)
Political partyRepublican

Milton William Shreve (May 3, 1858 – December 23, 1939) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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Milton W. Shreve was born in Chapmanville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Edinboro State Normal School and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1884. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Erie County, Pennsylvania and commenced practice in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was the Erie County district attorney from 1899 to 1902. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1907 to 1912 and in the session of 1911 succeeded to the speakership.

Shreve was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914. He resumed the practice of law in Erie, and also engaged in banking and interested in several manufacturing plants. He was again elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth Congress; reelected as an Independent Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress and as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth through Seventy-second Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. He resumed the practice of law in Erie until his death there. He was buried in Erie Cemetery.

See also

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Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Milton W. Shreve (id: S000387)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
1913–1915 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
1919–1923 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 29th congressional district
1923–1933 		Succeeded by
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