Gale H. Stalker
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Early life and education
Gale H. Stalker was born in Long Eddy in Sullivan County, New York on November 7, 1889. He studied at Scranton Business College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which is now Lackawanna College. He then moved to Elmira, New York.[1][2]
Career
Stalker was active in lumber and oil and gas businesses, banking, and other ventures. During World War I, he was nicknamed "Tent Peg" because his lumber company filled a contract to provide millions of tent poles and pegs to the United States Army.[3]
He was elected to Congress in 1922 and served from March 4, 1923 until January 3, 1935.
He died on November 4, 1985, in Palm Bay, Florida and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Ormond Beach, Florida.[4]
Sources
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- ↑ J. H. Beers & Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1900, page 995
- ↑ The Scranton Republican, Dry Act Author Received Early Education Here, May 4, 1929
- ↑ Chemung County Historical Society, Chemung County, 1890-1975, 1976, page 67
- ↑ Orlando Sentinel, Gale H. Stalker, 96, November 7, 1985
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- 1889 births
- 1985 deaths
- Politicians from Elmira, New York
- People from Palm Bay, Florida
- American businesspeople in the oil industry
- American bankers
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- Lackawanna College alumni
- 20th-century New York (state) politicians
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives