Alfred Buckwalter Garner

Who was Alfred Buckwalter Garner?

Alfred Buckwalter Garner was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Alfred B. Garner was born in Ashland, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Ashland. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1901 to 1907.

Garner was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress. He was again a member of the State House of Representatives from 1915 to 1917. He resumed the practice of law in Ashland and served as the taxing officer of the auditor general’s department in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, until his death in Harrisburg. He was interred at Fountain Spring Cemetery in Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania.