Isaac Newton EVANS, Congress, PA (1827-1901)

EVANS, Isaac Newton, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Westchester, Chester County, Pa., July 29, 1827; attended the common schools; was graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1851 and from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1852; commenced the practice of medicine in Johnsville, Bucks County, Pa., in 1852; moved to Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pa., in 1856 and continued the practice of medicine; president of the Hatboro National Bank; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for renomination; elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); declined to be a candidate for renomination; engaged in the practice of medicine, the real estate business, and banking; died in Hatboro, Pa., December 3, 1901; interment in Friends Cemetery, Horsham, Montgomery County, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present