Secretary of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania

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The secretary of internal affairs of Pennsylvania was a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1875 until 1968. The position was created in the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1874, and was elected statewide every four years until 1966. The position was repealed on May 16, 1967. The secretary's duties were described as follows:

The Secretary of Internal Affairs shall exercise all of the powers and perform all the duties of the Surveyor General, subject to such changes as shall be made by law. His department shall embrace a bureau of industrial statistics, and he shall discharge such duties relating to corporations, to the charitable institutions, the agricultural, manufacturing, mining, mineral, timber and other material or business interests of the State as may be prescribed by law. He shall annually, and at such other times as may be required by law, make report to the General Assembly. [1]

List of secretaries

Name [2] PartyTook officeLeft office
William McCandless DMay 4, 1875May 5, 1879
Aaron K. Dunkle RMay 6, 1879April 30, 1883
J. Simpson Africa DMay 1, 1883May 1887
Thomas J. Stewart RMay 1887January 16, 1895
Isaac B. Brown RJanuary 16, 1895May 1895
James W. Latta RMay 1895May 1903
Isaac B. Brown RMay 1903May 1907
Henry Houck RMay 1907March 13, 1917
Paul W. Houck RJune 28, 1917May 6, 1919
James F. Woodward RMay 7, 1919May 1931
Philip H. Dewey RMay 1931May 1935
Thomas A. Logue DMay 1935May 1939
William S. Livengood RMay 1939January 17, 1955
Genevieve Blatt DJanuary 17, 1955January 16, 1967
John K. Tabor RJanuary 16, 19671968

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