John Marshall Rose | |
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Member of the United States House of Representatives | |
In office March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1923 | |
Constituency | Pennsylvania |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1889–1891 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Johnstown, Pennsylvania | May 18, 1856
Died | April 22, 1923 Washington, D.C. | (aged 66)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Washington & Jefferson College |
Occupation | Teacher, politician |
John Marshall Rose (May 18, 1856 – April 22, 1923) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Marshall Rose was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a son of Wesley J. Rose and Martha Given. He graduated from Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1880. He taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Johnstown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1889, but declined reelection. [1] During his term he acquired the nickname "the whistling statesman" for his habit of whistling popular songs. [2]
Rose was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixty-seventh Congresses. [1] He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He died in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 1923. [1] [2] He is interred in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown.