Monroe H. Kulp

Kulp was born in Barto, Pennsylvania on October 23, 1858, the son of Darlington R. Kulp and Elizabeth (Gilbert) Kulp.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=291}} He attended the public schools of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, the State Normal College in Lebanon, Ohio, and graduated from Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=292}}

After college, Kulp was engaged in the coal, lumber, brick, and ice businesses in Shamokin.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=292}} After having started in his father's businesses, Kulp organized several ventures of his own, often in partnership with his brother G. Gilbert Kulp and friend D. C. Kaseman, and their interests grew to include timber lands, railroads, residential and commercial real estate, and banks.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=292}} Kulp also became involved in several Shamokin area utilities, including the telephone, electricity, water, and sewer, and trolley companies.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=292}}{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|pages=1-2}}

Kulp was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=293}} He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|pages=1-2}} He was a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.

Kulp suffered from Bright's disease, rheumatism, and other ailments.{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|pages=1-2}} He traveled extensively in an effort to regain his health, but was unsuccessful.{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|pages=1-2}} He died in Shamokin on October 19, 1911.{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|page=1}} He was buried at Shamokin City Cemetery.{{sfn|"Obsequies of Ex-Congressman Kulp"|page=5}}

In 1897, Kulp married Sara Washington Detweiler of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians|page=293}} They had no children.{{sfn|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"|page=2}}

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• {{cite book |last=Williamson |first=Leland L., et al., editors |date=1898 |title=Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians of the Nineteenth Century |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmhBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA292 |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=Record Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|Prominent and Progressive Pennsylvanians}}}}

• {{cite news |date=October 19, 1911 |title=Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/76743512 |work=Mount Carmel Item |location=Mount Carmel, PA |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Hon. H. M. Kulp Died Today"}}}}
• {{cite news |date=October 24, 1911 |title=Obsequies of Ex-Congressman Kulp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51604876/ |work=Pittston Gazette |location=Pittston, PA |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Obsequies of Ex-Congressman Kulp"}}}}

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• {{Find a Grave|21034316}}

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