Another PA Governor from Montgomery County
Today, January 17, 2023, was inauguration day in Pennsylvania. This inauguration is particularly historic to us here in Montgomery County.
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Governor George Howard Earle III
Born on December 5, 1890, George Howard Earle III was a resident of Lower Merion. In his youth, he attended the Delancey School in Philadelphia and later attended Harvard, but never completed his degree. In 1916, Earle became a lieutenant in the army stationed on the Mexican border. His duty was to prevent raids from… Read More »Governor George Howard Earle III
An Unlikely Advocate for LGBTQ and Other Marginalized Pennsylvanians
Milton Jerrold Shapiro was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 25, 1912. He eventually changed his last name to Shapp to avoid receiving public prejudice for his Jewish faith. After graduating from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland in 1933, Shapp started an independent sales business for electronics. He moved his business to Philadelphia in… Read More »An Unlikely Advocate for LGBTQ and Other Marginalized Pennsylvanians
Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker
Born in Phoenixville in 1843, Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker spent his young adult life studying law. After opening his own law practice in Philadelphia in 1866, Pennypacker explored public service opportunities. He served on the Philadelphia Board of Education and was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia in the late 1880s. In… Read More »Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker
The Buckshot War of 1838
We recently put some new paintings on display in our Reading Room at HSMC. One of them is a portrait of former Pennsylvania Governor David Rittenhouse Porter. In 1838, Porter ran against incumbent Governor Joseph Ritner and won by roughly 5000 votes. Porter’s victory shocked the Anti-Masonic Whigs, causing Burrowes (Chairman of the Whig Committee)… Read More »The Buckshot War of 1838