Frederick Taylor Pusey
Frederick Taylor Pusey | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Delaware County district | |
| In office 1903–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Robert M. Newhard |
| Succeeded by | John Milton Lutz |
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| Born | June 3, 1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 6, 1936 (aged 64) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Nellie Oglivie (m. 1895) |
| Occupation | Military officer, lawyer, politician |
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Frederick Taylor Pusey (June 3, 1872 – September 6, 1936) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1903 to 1906.
Early life and educaction
[edit]Pusey was born in Philadelphia on June 3, 1872. His primary education was in the public schools in Avondale, Pennsylvania.[1] He graduated from Friends Central High School in 1899.[2]
Military career
[edit]He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1892 to 1918. He was a member of the First Regiment from 1892 to 1906 and served in the Spanish–American War. He served as aide-de-camp to Governor Edwin Sydney Stuart from 1907 to 1912 and to Governor John K. Tener in 1913. He served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I from 1917 to 1918.[2]
Civilian career
[edit]He worked as an assistant manager in a hosiery mill for two years, and later worked as an industrial life insurance collector. He was a lawyer and solicitor for the borough of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania (1899–1900) and served as president of the Law Academy of Philadelphia.
Political career
[edit]He served two terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1903–04 and 1905–06) representing Delaware County as a Republican. He did not run for re-election in 1906.[2]
In 1903 he introduced an "anti-cartoon" bill in the legislature. The bill would have made it illegal for publishers to print cartoons depicting politicians as animals. It was inspired by a series of cartoons depicting the 1902 candidate for governor, Samuel Pennypacker, as a parrot.[3] The bill did not become law, but it inspired a whole new series of cartoons depicting politicians as vegetables and inanimate objects.
Personal life
[edit]In 1895, Pusey married Nellie Oglivie and together they had one child.[1]
He died at Naval Hospital Philadelphia on September 6, 1936, and is buried in Cumberland Cemetery in Media, Pennsylvania.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Volume 1. Chambersburg, PA: J.M Runk & Co. 1899. p. 183. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Frederick Taylor Pusey". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ "Frederick Taylor Pusey". Politics in Graphic Detail: Exploring History through Political Cartoons. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ "Veteran of Pa. National Guard and Two Wars Dies in Phila. Hospital". The Morning Post. Camden, New Jersey. September 8, 1936. p. 2. Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1872 births
- 1936 deaths
- 20th-century American legislators
- American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Politicians from Philadelphia
- Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Friends' Central School alumni
- 20th-century Pennsylvania politicians