Doctor Ivor David Fenton(August 3, 1889–October 23, 1986) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Early life
Ivor Fenton was born in Mahanoy City (Buck Mountain), Pennsylvania. He attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1912. He served an internship at Ashland State Hospital in Pennsylvania in 1912 and 1913, and then commenced the practice of medicine in Mahanoy City.
Military Service
He enlisted in the United States Army Medical Corps and was commissioned a lieutenant on August 8, 1917, rising later to the rank of captain. He served twenty months (eleven overseas) with the 315th Infantry, 79th Infantry Division. After his military service he returned to Mahanoy City to resume his medical practice.
Public Service
Fenton was elected as a Republican to the 76th United States Congress and to the eleven succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962. After his time in Congress, he served as medical advisor to Secretary of Welfare of the State of Pennsylvania and as a medical consultant to State General Hospital, State of Pennsylvania. He retired in January 1968, and lived in Mahonoy City until his death in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- Ivor D. Fenton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- National Archives Interview
- New York Times Obituary
| Preceded by James H. Gildea |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1939-1945 |
Succeeded by Daniel K. Hoch |
| Preceded by Thomas B. Miller |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1945-1963 |
Succeeded by J. Irving Whalley |
