E. Wallace Chadwick
E. Wallace Chadwick | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th district | |
| In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | James Wolfenden |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. James |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1884 Vincennes, Indiana |
| Died | August 18, 1969 (aged 85) |
| Political party | Republican |
E. Wallace Chadwick (January 17, 1884 – August 18, 1969) was an American politician from Indiana who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district from 1947 to 1949.
E. Wallace Chadwick was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and moved with his parents to Chester, Pennsylvania in 1890. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906, and from the law school of the same university in 1910. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was president judge of the Delaware County Orphan's Court in 1945.
He was elected as a Republican to the 80th United States Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948. In 1954 he was named chief counsel of special Senate committee to study censure charges against Senator Joseph McCarthy.