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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:No footnotes Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Athelston Gaston (April 24, 1838 – September 23, 1907) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Athelston Gaston was born in Castile, New York. He moved with his parents to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1854. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he became a dealer in and manufacturer of lumber. He served as mayor of Meadville, Pennsylvania, from 1891 to 1895.

Gaston was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900. He resumed the lumber business.

Gaston was killed while on a hunting trip along Lake Edward in northern Quebec, Canada, in 1907. There was no ceremony. Interment in Greendale Cemetery in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

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