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Daniel F. Lafean | |
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.jpg) Lafean in 1907 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Anderson H. Walters |
| Succeeded by | Joseph McLaughlin |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's20th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Alvin Evans |
| Succeeded by | Andrew R. Brodbeck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1861-02-07)February 7, 1861 York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 18, 1922(1922-04-18) (aged 61) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Prospect Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was an American politician and businessman who was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1903 to 1913 and again from 1915 to 1917. He was the first president of theAmerican Caramel Company.
Lafean was born inYork, Pennsylvania toGerman immigrants fromPosen.[1][2] He was engaged in candy manufacturing and in banking in York. He served as a director of theGettysburg College and trustee of theGettysburg Seminary inGettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the first president of theAmerican Caramel Company and was later a co-founder and president of the Keystone Color Works. He was aFreemason and served as Worshipful Master of his lodge, Zeredatha Lodge No. 451, York, in 1895.
Lafean was elected as a Republican to theFifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1912. He was elected to theSixty-fourth Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in1916. He was appointed commissioner of banking of the State ofPennsylvania in 1917. He again engaged in manufacturing pursuits and died inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He was interred inProspect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1903–1913 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1915–1917 | Succeeded by |
