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Atterbury was born in New Albany, Indiana. He attended Yale University, Class of 1886, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was a Pennsylvania delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention. He started an apprentice apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Altoona for five cents/hour. In 1925, he succeeded Samuel Rea as president of the PRR, a position he held until he retired in 1935.

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  • William Wallace Atterbury
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  • Atterbury was born in New Albany, Indiana. He attended Yale University, Class of 1886, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was a Pennsylvania delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention. He started an apprentice apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Altoona for five cents/hour. In 1925, he succeeded Samuel Rea as president of the PRR, a position he held until he retired in 1935.
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Office
  • Member of the
  • Republican National Committee
  • from Pennsylvania
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term start
  • 1928-05-12(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1866-01-31(xsd:date)
death place
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse
  • Arminia MacLeod
  • Matilda Hoffman of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Name
  • William Wallace Atterbury
Caption
  • c. 1913
Alma mater
Party
  • Republican
Birth Place
  • New Albany, Indiana
Title
  • Member of the Republican National Committee from Pennsylvania
  • President of the Pennsylvania Railroad
term end
  • 1930-10-10(xsd:date)
death date
  • 1935-09-20(xsd:date)
Successor
Before
Years
  • 1925(xsd:integer)
  • 1928(xsd:integer)
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Children
  • William W. Atterbury, Jr.
  • three McLeod children he adopted
Predecessor
abstract
  • Atterbury was born in New Albany, Indiana. He attended Yale University, Class of 1886, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was a Pennsylvania delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention. He started an apprentice apprentice in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Altoona for five cents/hour. In 1925, he succeeded Samuel Rea as president of the PRR, a position he held until he retired in 1935. Atterbury was also active in Republican State politics. In 1928, he was elected the state's Republican National Committeeman, though he resigned from the post two years later in opposition to Gifford Pinchot's gubernatorial candidacy.
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