Robert Neill McGarvey (August 14, 1888 – June 28, 1952) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Robert McGarvey was born in Philadelphia. He attended the University of Pennsylvania Business College. He was engaged as a telegrapher and as manager of a news bureau. He became an investment broker in 1922.
He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1946 to the 80th United States Congress, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman William T. Granahan. He was one of six Republicans to capture Democratic House seats in Philadelphia. Four of the Republicans, like McGarvey, were new to the House. As a congressman he was part of the Federal Commission that helped to designate Independence Hall as a National Historical Park.ushistory.org Like four of the 1946 victors, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 in a re-match against Granahan.
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The Political Graveyard
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