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State flag of Pennsylvania Location of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians".
A contemporary rendition of the Johnstown Flood scene at the Stone Bridge by Kurz and Allison (1890) The total death toll from the flood was calculated originally as 2,209 people, [1] making the disaster the largest loss of civilian life in the U.S. at the time.
This is a list of prominent historical Pennsylvania women: Mary Ambler (1805–1868) [1] Marian Anderson (1897–1993) [2] / [1] Nellie Bly (1864–1922) [1] Pearl S ...
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Michael Liebel, Jr., Mayor of Erie 1906–1911; Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 1915–1917 Reinhard Liebel , President of South Erie Iron Works; member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Common Council and Select Council of Erie
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Pennsylvania (disambiguation). "Penn." redirects here. For other uses, see Penn. State in the United States Pennsylvania Pennsilfaani (Pennsylvania Dutch) State Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Flag Seal Nickname: The ...
May 3 – James B. Beck, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1877 to 1890 (born 1822 in Scotland) May 15 – Edward Doane, Protestant missionary in Micronesia (born 1820) June 11 George Edward Brett, publisher (born 1829) Hugh Buchanan, politician from Georgia (born 1823) June 30 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer (born 1819)
Samuel J. Randall (1828–1890), U.S. House of Representatives member and Speaker of the House [36] Ed Rendell (born 1944), Pennsylvania governor, Philadelphia mayor, and Philadelphia district attorney; Frank Rizzo (1920–1991), Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner; John Robbins (1808–1880), U.S. House of Representatives member [37]