physician at the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville.
Other assistant physicians at the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville, Pa., were Dr. Theodore Diller, Dr. A. J. McLaughlin and Dr. Burton Massey.
Dr. Robert S. Patten graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1901, for several years practiced in Washingtonville and then moved to Danville, where he has continued to practice.
Dr. Jesse W. Coroner graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1909, since which time he has practiced at Exchange.
Dr. Ida M. Ashenhurst graduated from the Woman's Medical College of New York in 1897, and for a number of years has been the female assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, Danville.
Dr. James S. Hammers graduated from the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, in 1902, and for several years has been assistant physician at the Slate Hospital for the Insane at Danville.
Dr. William H. Krickbaum graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1902, and for a number of years has been assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane, Danville.
Dr. Reid Nebinger graduated from the Medico-Chirugical College of Philadelphia in 1903, and for some years was assistant physician at the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville. He is now in general practice in Danville.
Dr. Nita Richards graduated at the Osteopathic School in 1901 and for a number of years has practiced in Danville, although living in Bloomsburg.
Dr. John H. Snyder for several years has practiced in Washingtonville.
Dr. Michael J. Maloney graduated at the University of Baltimore in October, 1905.
CHAPTER VIII
OFFICIALS
Montour county, though very small, has figured largely in the political life of the country surrounding it; and her citizens have frequently held important and responsible positions in national and State life.
Congressmen
The first representative in the National Congress from Montour county was Gen. William Montgomery, who was elected to the Third Congress, 1793-95. General Montgomery served one session and resigned. The next representative from what is now Montour county was Gen. Daniel Montgomery, elected in 1806 to the Tenth Congress, 1807-09: he served his term, but declined a reelection. Alem Marr was elected in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress, 1829-31. Dr. David Petrikin was elected and served two terms, in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, 1837-41. In 1856 John G. Montgomery was elected to the Thirty-fifth Congress, but died before taking his seat, a victim of the noted poisoning incident at the "National Hotel," Washington, D. C., at the inauguration of President Buchanan. Paul Leidy was elected to fill Mr. Montgomery's place. Dr. James D. Strawbridge was elected in 1872 to the Forty-third Cortgrcss, 1873-75. Rufus K. Polk was elected as representative to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, 1898-1902. Alexander Billmeyer was elected in 1902 to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Polk.
The Congressional district in 1850 comprised Columbia and Montour counties. In 1857 it included Columbia, Montour and Luzerne counties. At the present time and for many years past the district comprises the counties of Northumberland, Columbia, Montour and Sullivan.
State Senators
The first State senator elected in what is now Montour county was Valentine Rest, a newspaper publisher, who was elected chiefly through the agitation of the formation of the new county of Montour. He succeeded well in the work, being elected speaker of the Senate in 1850, and through the influence and power of that position was able to secure the
