E. Wallace Chadwick

Who was E. Wallace Chadwick?

E. Wallace Chadwick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

E. Wallace Chadwick was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and moved with his parents to Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1890. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906, and from the law school of the same university in 1910. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was president judge of the Delaware County Orphan's Court in 1945.

He was elected as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948. In 1954 he was named chief counsel of special Senate committee to study censure charges against Senator Joseph McCarthy.