1951 City Charter to allow more political patronage in city jobs, Dunlap voiced his opposition to the plan. Dunlap was unopposed for renomination in the 1957 election. His vigilance in his duties may have harmed his reelection chances; according to a Philadelphia Inquirer story just before the election, some Republican ward leaders withheld their support for Dunlap because he had investigated corruption of Republican officials. Whatever the reason, he went down to defeat, losing to Democrat Alexander Hemphill. Dunlap returned to his private law practice and moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where he died in 1978. He was buried in Saint Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. References Sources 1905 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Pennsylvania Republicans Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni