Ira W. Drew

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ira W. Drew | image = IraWDrew.jpg | caption = | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district|7th]] | term_start = January 3, 1937 | term_end = January 3, 1939 | preceded = [[George P. Darrow]] | succeeded = George P. Darrow | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|08|31}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|02|12|1878|08|31}} | birth_place = [[Hardwick, Vermont]] | death_place = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} '''Ira Walton Drew''' (August 31, 1878 – February 12, 1972) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]] and [[osteopathic physician]].

==Biography== Drew was born in [[Hardwick, Vermont]]. He apprenticed as a [[Printer (publisher)|printer]], becoming a journeyman in 1899. He was a newspaper reporter in [[Burlington, Vermont]], from 1899 through 1906, and a reporter and news editor in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] from 1906 through 1908. He graduated from the [[Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine|Philadelphia College of Osteopathy]] (now the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine) in 1911 and began the practice of [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medicine]] in Philadelphia the same year. He was member of the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy from 1912 through 1933.

He was elected as a Democrat to the [[75th Congress]] in 1936, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938. After his term in congress, he served as a member of the board of trustees of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy.

He is buried at Whitemarsh Memorial Park in Prospectville, Pennsylvania.

==Sources== {{CongBio|D000494}} *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draves-drexler.html The Political Graveyard]

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