Elias Deemer | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Horace B. Packer |
| Succeeded by | William B. Wilson |
| Constituency | 16th district (1901–1903) 15th district (1903–1907) |
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| Born | (1838-01-03)January 3, 1838 |
| Died | March 29, 1918(1918-03-29) (aged 80) |
| Party | Republican |
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Elias Deemer (January 3, 1838 – March 29, 1918) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Elias Deemer was born nearDurham, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the mercantile business inLycoming County, Pennsylvania and inPhiladelphia in 1860. During the Civil War, he enlisted in July 1861 as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the middle of May 1862, when he was discharged because of disabilities. He moved toMilford, New Jersey, in 1862 and engaged in business. In 1868 moved toWilliamsport, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the manufacture oflumber. He served as president of the common council from 1888 to 1890. He was president of the Williamsport National Bank from 1893 to 1918, and also interested in the publication of several newspapers at Williamsport. He was a delegate to the1896 Republican National Convention.
Deemer was elected as a Republican to theFifty-seventh,Fifty-eighth, andFifty-ninth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906, for election in 1908. He resumed lumber operations in Pennsylvania, and at Deemer, Mississippi, an unincorporated town he founded, and which was named for him. Deemer is just south ofPhiladelphia, Mississippi inNeshoba County.
He died at his home inWilliamsport, Pennsylvania on March 29, 1918.[1] Interment in Wildwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1901–1903 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1903–1907 | Succeeded by |
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