Louis Evans Atkinson

Republican Representative of Pennsylvania's 18th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

April 16, 1841 (68 years old)

Birthday

February 5, 1910

Death

Was a physician, attorney, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and educated in common schools and academies.
Graduated from the medical department of the College of the City of New York in 1861.
Served in the medical department of the Union Army during the American Civil War as an assistant surgeon and surgeon from 1861 to 1865.
Became disabled while serving in the Army, leading him to study law.
Admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.
Served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives for five terms.
Was chairman of the United States Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during his last term.
Did not seek renomination in 1892 and returned to practicing law.
Appointed president judge of the forty-first Pennsylvania district for one year.
Died in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, and was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.