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VINTAGE- BOIES PENROSE-FRIEND TO AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE JIM CROW PERIOD

VINTAGE- BOIES PENROSE-FRIEND TO AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE JIM CROW PERIOD

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    Boies Penrose
    THIS PAMPHLET IS FROM MARCH 1914 AND IS ADDRESS GIVEN BY BOIES PENROSE. A .M.E. ZION CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA
    PENROSE WAS A SUPPORTER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS DURING THE JIM CROW PERIOD
    THIS IS 28 PAGE, 6 X 8 1/2 PAMPHLET OF THE SPEECH HE MADE.  A VERY SCARCE ITEM. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS A FOLD LINE, AND SOME
    WRITING ON THIS PIECE, BUT IT DOES NOT HARM
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    Boies Penrose
    United States Senator
    from
    Pennsylvania
    In office
    March 4, 1897 – December 31, 1921
    Preceded by
    J. Donald Cameron
    Succeeded by
    George Pepper
    Member of the
    Republican National Committee
    from Pennsylvania
    In office
    May 18, 1916 – December 31, 1921
    Preceded by
    Henry Wasson
    Succeeded by
    George Pepper
    In office
    June 9, 1904 – May 1, 1912
    Preceded by
    Matthew Quay
    Succeeded by
    Henry Wasson
    Chairman of the
    Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
    In office
    May 27, 1903 – April 26, 1905
    Preceded by
    Matthew Quay
    Succeeded by
    Wesley Andrews
    President pro tempore
    of the
    Pennsylvania Senate
    In office
    May 9, 1889 – May 28, 1891
    Preceded by
    John Grady
    Succeeded by
    John P. S. Gobin
    Member of the
    Pennsylvania Senate
    from the
    6th
    district
    In office
    January 4, 1887 – January 27, 1897
    [1]
    Preceded by
    Robert Adams, Jr.
    Succeeded by
    Israel Wilson Durham
    Member of the
    Pennsylvania House of Representatives
    from the
    Philadelphia County
    district
    In office
    January 6, 1885
    [2]
    – June 12, 1885
    Personal details
    Born
    November 1, 1860
    Philadelphia
    ,
    Pennsylvania
    Died
    December 31, 1921 (aged 61)
    Washington D.C.
    Political party
    Republican
    Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an
    American
    lawyer and
    Republican
    politician from
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    . He represented
    Pennsylvania
    in the
    United States Senate
    from 1897 until his death in 1921. Penrose was the fourth
    political boss
    of the Pennsylvania Republican
    political machine
    , following
    Simon Cameron
    ,
    Donald Cameron
    , and
    Matthew Quay
    .
    [3]
    :53
    Penrose was the longest-serving Pennsylvania Senator until
    Arlen Specter
    surpassed his record in 2005