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Luther Reily
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luther Reily (October 17, 1794 – February 20, 1854) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Luther Reily was born in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and began practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He held various local offices. During the War of 1812, he served as a private in Capt. R.M. Crane’s company of Pennsylvania Volunteers from August 3 to September 7, 1814, and as surgeon’s mate in Maj. Gen. R. Watson’s company from September 7 to December 5, 1814.
Reily was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Harrisburg in 1854. Interment in Harrisburg Cemetery.
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- United States Congress. "Luther Reily (id: R000158)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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