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Louis Arthur Watres

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Life
Fraternal Involvement
References
External links

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| order1 = 5th
| office1 = Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
| term_start1 = January 20, 1891
| term_end1 = January 23, 1895
| governor1 = Robert E. Pattison
| predecessor1 = William T. Davies
| successor1 = Walter Lyon
| office2 = Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
| term2 = 1882
| birth_date = April 21, 1851
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| death_date = June 28, 1937 (aged 86)
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| party = Republican
| religion = Presbyterian
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Louis Arthur Watres (April 21, 1851 – June 28, 1937) was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895.

Life

Watres was born in Blakely, Pennsylvania, the son of the founder of the first church in the Lackawanna Valley. In 1871, he was admitted to the county bar as an attorney. From 1881 through 1890, he served as the solicitor for Lackawanna County government. He also was a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1877 through 1891, working as rifle instructor during his final four years of service. In 1882, Watres was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving two terms until his ascent to the lieutenant governorship.^[1]

Fraternal Involvement

From 1916 through 1917, he served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Free and Accepted Masons.^[2] From 1934 to 1937 Watres served as the Executive Officer of the Order of DeMolay in Pennsylvania, later serving as Grand Master of the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay in 1936–1937.^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania|author1=Smull, J.A.|author2=Smull, W.P.|author3=Pennsylvania. General Assembly|author4=Cochran, T.B.|author5=Baker, W.H.|date=1893|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cvBWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA854|page=854|accessdate=2015-08-27}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/history/1916watres071.html|title=Louis Arthur Watres 1916-1917|publisher=pagrandlodge.org|accessdate=2015-08-27|dead-url=yes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063313/http://www.pagrandlodge.org/gmaster/history/1916watres071.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://pademolay.org/past-executive-officers/|title=Past Executive Officers | Pennsylvania DeMolay|publisher=pademolay.org|accessdate=2015-08-27}}

External links

The Political Graveyard
Past Executive Officers of Pennsylvania DeMolay

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4 : 1851 births|1937 deaths|Lieutenant Governors of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Republicans

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