Newspaper publisher, former speaker of the Pennsylvania House, and three term member of Congress from Pennsylvania's Eighth District.
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Life Summary
Full name
James Lawrence Getz
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Family
Anna Umstead Morgan (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Local government
