Biographical Sketches

Emmett H. Wilcox

EMMETT H. WILCOX, one of the Representatives from Erie County, was born in Yates County, New York, November 6, 1842.  He was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools.  During the War of the Rebellion he served in the United States Navy.  In 1873-4 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania from the same county he now in part represents.  He was appointed to the position of Deputy Collector in 1882 and Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for Erie County for 1883 and 1884.  He has always been a Republican and in 1894 was elected a member of the House by over 3,500 plurality.  He was a member of the Committees on Bureau of Statistics, Judiciary Local, Manufactures and Ways and Means.

Source: Transcription from the book, Portraits and Sketches of Heads of State Departments and Members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, compiled by Wm. Rodearmel, published in 1895; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 14 January 2026.

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