Allentown is a city in and the county seat of Lehigh County,Pennsylvania,United States. It is the third-most-populous city in Pennsylvania with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census and the largest city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area,which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the United States as of 2020.
James Madison Porter served as the 18th United States Secretary of War and a founder of Lafayette College.
Theophilus Francis Rodenbough was born in Easton,Pennsylvania and was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Trevilian Station. After his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1870,he wrote several books about military history.
John Irvin Gregg was a career U.S. Army officer. He fought in the Mexican–American War and during the American Civil War as a colonel and near the end of the war as a brevet general in the Union army. In 1866,he was nominated and confirmed as a brevet major general of volunteers and a brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army,both to rank from March 13,1865.
Alonzo Hereford Cushing was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge. In 2013,150 years after Cushing's death,he was nominated for the Medal of Honor. The nomination was approved by the United States Congress,and was sent for review by the Defense Department and the President.
Pennsylvania State Senate District 18 includes parts of Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is currently represented by Democrat Lisa Boscola.
George Henry Sharpe was an American lawyer,soldier,Secret Service officer,diplomat,politician,and Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Jeanette F. Reibman was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district from 1969 to 1994. She also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Northampton County district from 1955 to 1966.
Morton McMichael was an American newspaper editor,publisher,civic leader and mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania from 1866 to 1869.
William Edward Miller was an American soldier and Pennsylvania State Senator who fought with the Union Army in the American Civil War. Miller received his country's highest award for bravery during combat,the Medal of Honor,for actions taken on July 3,1863,during the Battle of Gettysburg. While ordered to keep his company stationed on a hill,he disobeyed these orders to lead a surprise attack against a Confederate charge. Said to have saved Gettysburg for his decision to break rank,this was claimed to be the first time in American military history where a soldier was awarded for disobeying a direct order.
The 2021 mayoral election in Allentown,Pennsylvania was held on November 2,2021. The primary election was held on May 18,2021.
Charles Francis Chidsey was an American politician who served as the first mayor of Easton,Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1890 and a Pennsylvania State Representative from 1896 to 1898.
The Allentown 2019 special mayoral election was held on May 19, 2019 following the resignation of Democratic mayor Ed Pawlowski. Incumbent interim Democratic mayor Ray O'Connell defeated Republican challenger Timothy Ramos.
Salvatore J. Panto Jr. is an American politician from Pennsylvania who is the current mayor of Easton,Pennsylvania,and has served for six non-consecutive terms. First for two terms from 1984-1992,and another four terms from 2008 to present.
George Smith was an American politician who served as a Democratic mayor of Easton,Pennsylvania for two terms between 1960 and 1968. He also served on the Easton City Council from 1975 until his death in 1986 at the age of 79.
Thomas Fredric Goldsmith was an American politician who served as Republican mayor of Easton,Pennsylvania from 1993 until his resignation in 2003 to serve on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board until 2011.
David Williamson Nevin (1853–1945) was an American politician from Easton,Pennsylvania,who served as the city's mayor and is considered to be "Easton's greatest citizen".
Carleton T. Woodring was an American politician who represented the Lehigh Valley in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district as a Democrat from 1943 until 1948 when he resigned to run for Northampton County Judge,an office he would hold for 33 years from 1948 to 1981.
Jacob Dachrodt was an American Civil War hero who served as the captain of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment's Company B during the Battle of Gettysburg. Following his reenlistment with the 153rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment,he was subsequently commissioned as the regiment's lieutenant colonel.
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