John Collins McSparran
1913 –
Who is John Collins McSparran?
John Collins McSparran was a prominent farmer and politician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
McSparran was best known for 1962 ran campaign against William W. Scranton for the Republican nomination for governor. His father was John A. McSparran, a former Secretary of Agriculture of Pennsylvania who ran for governor in 1922. Like his father he was a prominent dairy and poultry farmer in Drumore, Pennsylvania. Also like his father he served as Secretary, Treasurer and eventually 12th Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange.
McSparran served as treasurer of the Drumore Township School Board and as vice president of the Solanco Joint School District. He served as a trustee of Pennsylvania State University and the agriculture representative on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce. In 1953 he was appointed to the State Council of Education by Governor Fine.
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