History of Barto, (Berks County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Monroe Henry Kulp - A Biography

Monroe Henry Kulp, representative, was born at Barto, Berks county, Pa., Oct. 23, 1858; son of Darlington Runk and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Kulp. He removed to Shamokin, Pa., with his parents in childhood, and was educated in the public schools, at the State Normal college, Lebanon, Ohio, and at the Eastman business college, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was bookkeeper for the firm of which his father was a member until 1886, and manager of his father's lumber business until the death of his father in 1893, after which he directed the business in the interest of the estate until October, 1895, and then became sole owner. He was a Republican representative from the seventeenth Pennsylvania district in the 54th and 55th congresses, 1895-99, and in 1899 resumed the charge of his manufacturing interests at Shamokin.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor