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词条 Calvin Willard Gilfillan
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| name = Calvin W. Gilfillan
| image name = Calvin Willard Gilfillan - Brady-Handy.jpg
| caption =
| state1 = Pennsylvania
| district1 = 20th
| term_start1 = March 4, 1869
| term_end1 = March 3, 1871
| preceded1 = Solomon Newton Pettis
| succeeded1 = Samuel Griffith
| office2 = Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
| term2 = 1859
| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|02|20}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1901|12|02|1832|02|20}}
| birth_place = East Brook, Pennsylvania
| death_place = Franklin, Pennsylvania
| party = Republican
| alma_mater = Westminster College
}}

Calvin Willard Gilfillan (February 20, 1832 – December 2, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Calvin W. Gilfillan was born near East Brook, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He served as superintendent of schools of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, for two terms. He served as clerk of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1859. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Mercer, Pennsylvania. He was appointed prosecuting attorney for Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1861 and elected in 1862 for three years.

Gilfillan was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870. He practiced law until 1873. He was later engaged in banking and was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention. He died in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1901. Interment in the Franklin Cemetery.

Sources

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  • The Political Graveyard
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