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Lemuel Amerman

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 11th district

  • Representative

    Pennsylvania, district 11

    December 7, 1891 - March 3, 1893

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

October 29, 1846 (50 years old)

Birthday

October 7, 1897

Death

  • American lawyer and politician active in the late 19th century.
  • Served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
  • Elected as a Democratic member to the Fifty-second Congress (1891-1893).
  • Previously served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1884.
  • Advocated for free public instruction in Pennsylvania.
  • Held various local government positions, including city comptroller and solicitor for Lackawanna County.
  • Engaged in banking and law practice throughout his career.
  • Involved with the Penn Avenue Baptist Church in Scranton, serving as superintendent for seven years.
  • Experienced personal loss with the death of his first wife and later remarried.
  • Fathered two children, one of whom was born on the same day as the mother’s death.
  • Died at the age of 50 in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, and was interred in Scranton.