Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County,Pennsylvania,United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River,a 109-mile-long (175 km) river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg,New Jersey.
John White Geary was an American lawyer,politician,Freemason,and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco,a governor of the Kansas Territory,and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.
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.
George Childs Burling was a United States Union Army officer during the American Civil War,serving mostly as colonel and commander of the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. Burling was born in Burlington County,New Jersey,raised on his father's farm and educated at a private school in Norristown,Pennsylvania. He was a coal merchant and a militia officer before the war. Burling's militia company was mustered into the volunteer service for a three-month term in July 1861,but it became company F of the 6th New Jersey with a three-year enlistment on September 9,1861. Burling became the regiment's major on March 19,1862,and lieutenant colonel on May 7 of that year. Burling was wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862.
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.
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.
The 1860 Pennsylvania gubernatorial was held on October 9,almost one month before Presidential election. Andrew Curtin of the newly formed Republican Party won the governor's mansion over Democrat Henry Donnel Foster.
Morton McMichael was an American newspaper editor,publisher,civic leader and mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania from 1866 to 1869.
Henry Conner was an American hotelier,restaurateur,and politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate,representing Vernon and La Crosse counties during the 1891 and 1893 sessions. Earlier,he served as a Union Army officer during the American Civil War,and lost his right leg due to wounds. His last name was sometimes spelled Connor.
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 seven 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 (1828-1909) 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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