District: | 2nd |
Preceded: | William T. Granahan |
Succeeded: | William T. Granahan |
State: | Pennsylvania |
Party: | Republican |
Termstart: | January 3, 1947 |
Termend: | January 3, 1949 |
Birth Date: | 14 August 1888 |
Resting Place: | Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Pennsylvania |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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. As a congressman he was part of the Federal Commission that helped to designate Independence Hall as a National Historical Park.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 in a re-match against Granahan.