Grant Furlong

Robert G. Furlong
From Volume III (1926) History of Washington County, Pennsylvania
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	Charles I. Faddis
Succeeded by	Louis E. Graham
Personal details
Born	(1886-01-04)January 4, 1886 Roscoe, Pennsylvania
Died	March 19, 1973(1973-03-19) (aged 87) Donora, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	State Teachers College Jefferson Medical College

Robert Grant Furlong (January 4, 1886 – March 19, 1973) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1943 to 1945.

Biography[edit]

Furlong was born in Roscoe, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the State Teachers College in California, Pennsylvania, in 1904 and from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1909.

Early career[edit]

He taught school at Roscoe, PA, in 1904 and 1905, and practiced medicine in Donora, Pennsylvania, from 1910 to 1968. During the First World War, Furlong served as a first lieutenant with the Two Hundred and Eightieth Ambulance Company, Twentieth Division. He served as a burgess of Donora from 1922 to 1926 and again in 1941 and 1942. He served as postmaster of Donora from 1933 to 1938.

Congress[edit]

Furlong was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944.

Career after Congress[edit]

He resumed the practice of medicine, and was elected sheriff of Washington County, Pennsylvania, serving from 1945 to 1961.

Death[edit]

He died on March 19, 1973, in Donora, Pennsylvania.

References[edit]

• United States Congress. "Grant Furlong (id: F000432)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-02-22
• The Political Graveyard