Grant Furlong

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Robert G. Furlong
From Volume III (1926) History of Washington County, Pennsylvania
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	Charles I. Faddis
Succeeded by	Louis E. Graham
Personal details
Born	(1886-01-04)January 4, 1886 Roscoe, Pennsylvania
Died	March 19, 1973(1973-03-19) (aged 87) Donora, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	State Teachers College Jefferson Medical College

Robert Grant Furlong (January 4, 1886 – March 19, 1973) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1945.

Biography

Furlong was born in Roscoe, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the State Teachers College in California, Pennsylvania, in 1904 and from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1909.

Early career

He taught school at Roscoe, PA, in 1904 and 1905, and practiced medicine in Donora, Pennsylvania, from 1910 to 1968. During the First World War, Furlong served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hundred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Division. He served as a burgess of Donora from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1941 and 1942. He served as postmaster of Donora from 1933 to 1938.

Congress

Furlong was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944.

Career after Congress

He resumed the practice of medicine, and was elected sheriff of Washington County, Pennsylvania, serving from 1945 to 1961.

Death

He died on March 19, 1973, in Donora, Pennsylvania.

References

• United States Congress. "Grant Furlong (id: F000432)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-02-22
• The Political Graveyard