1. John Dalzell was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives from 1887 to 1913.
13 Facts About John Dalzell
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John Dalzell was a constant critic of machine politics, challenging both Matthew Quay and Joseph Gurney Cannon within his party.
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John Dalzell moved with his parents, Samuel Dalzell and Mary McDonnell Dalzell to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1847.
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John Dalzell attended the common schools and the Western University of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh.
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John Dalzell graduated from Yale College, where he was a member of Scroll and Key, with the class of 1865.
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John Dalzell studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh.
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John Dalzell was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886 and to the twelve succeeding Congresses.
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John Dalzell served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads during the Fifty-first Congress, and the United States House Committee on Rules during the Sixty-first Congress.
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John Dalzell was a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means from 1891 to 1913.
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John Dalzell ran for the US Senate in 1898 and 1900 but was defeated both times by Matthew S Quay.
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John Dalzell was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1908, and served as a Regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1906 to 1913.
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John Dalzell was the daughter of Peter Duff, the founder of Duff's Business Institute in Pittsburgh,.
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John Dalzell retired in Washington, DC, following the death of his wife in 1909.