Charles H. Dickerman | |
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.jpg) Dickerman in 1911 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's16th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Elias Deemer |
| Succeeded by | Edmund W. Samuel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1843-02-03)February 3, 1843 Harford, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 1915(1915-12-17) (aged 72) Milton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Harford University |
Charles Heber Dickerman (February 3, 1843 – December 17, 1915) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Charles H. Dickerman was born inHarford, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of his native village and graduated from Harford University in Harford in 1860.
He taught school for several years. He studied law, but before qualifying for admission to the bar becamebookkeeper for a largecoal company inBeaver Meadows, Pennsylvania. He was interested in the coal commission business andslate quarrying in 1868 atBethlehem, Pennsylvania. He served as secretary and treasurer of a concern engaged in the manufacture of railroad equipment atMilton, Pennsylvania, from 1880 to 1899. He was interested in banking atMauch Chunk,Sunbury, and Bethlehem, and in 1897 became president of the First National Bank at Milton, in which capacity he served until his death.
Dickerman was chairman of theNorthumberland County Democratic committee for three years. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1891, and to the1892 Democratic National Convention.
He was elected as a Democrat to theFifty-eighth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He was appointed by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt as a delegate to the Brussels Peace Congress in 1905.
Dickerman died inMilton, Pennsylvania, on December 17, 1915, and was interred in Milton Cemetery.[1]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1903–1905 | Succeeded by |
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