Henry W. Temple

{{Short description|American politician (1864–1955)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Henry Wilson Temple | honorific_suffix = | image = TEMPLE, HENRY W. HONORABLE LCCN2016858483 (2) (3x4a).jpg | office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | constituency = {{ushr|PA|24|C}} | term_start = March 4, 1913 | term_end = March 3, 1915 | predecessor = Charles Matthews | successor = William Brown (as representative-elect) | constituency1 = {{ushr|PA|24|C}} (1915–23) {{ushr|PA|25|C}} (1923–33) | term_start1 = November 2, 1915 | term_end1 = March 3, 1933 | predecessor1 = William Brown (as representative-elect) | successor1 = Charles I. Faddis | alt = Photograph of Temple | birth_name = Henry W. Temple | birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|03|31}} | birth_place = Belle Center, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|01|11|1864|03|31}} | death_place = Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S. | resting_place = Washington Cemetery | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|40.15690|-80.25440|region:US-PA_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Washington Cemetery}} | citizenship = | party = Republican (before 1912) Progressive (1912–15) Republican (1915–55) | other_party = | spouse = Lucy Parr | partner =  | relations = | children = | parents = {{unbulleted list|John B. Temple|Martha Jameson}} | education = | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Geneva College|Covenanter Theological Seminary}} | occupation = {{unbulleted list|Pastor|College Professor}} | profession = U.S. Congressman | known_for = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards =  | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards =  | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 =  | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }} '''Henry Wilson Temple''' (March 31, 1864 – January 11, 1955) was a Progressive and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Temple was born in Belle Center, Ohio. He graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1883, and from the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1887. Before his ordination to the ministry, he worked at Reformed Presbyterian congregations in and around Mankato, Kansas. After his ordination, he served as the pastor of churches in Jefferson County, Leechburg, and Washington, Pennsylvania. He worked as professor of political science at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, from 1898 to 1913.

Temple was elected as a Progressive to the Sixty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to succeed himself in 1914. However, he was soon after elected to the seat as a Republican in the special election to the Sixty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect William Brown (who had defeated him in the 1914 general election). He was reelected to the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. He worked as professor of international relations in Washington and Jefferson College from 1933 until his retirement in 1947. He died in Washington, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Washington Cemetery.

==Sources== * {{CongBio|T000119|Henry W. Temple}} * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/temple.html The Political Graveyard] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080827235412/http://rpcna.org/assets/pdf/Glasgow%20book/Glasgow%2015.pdf His biographical sketch in an 1888 church history], page 704

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Henry Wilson Temple}}

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