1. Daniel Ermentrout was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1881 to 1889 and for Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from 1897 to 1899.
Daniel Ermentrout served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874 and the 11th district from 1875 to 1888.
Daniel Ermentrout attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Elmwood Institute in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Daniel Ermentrout studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Reading.
Daniel Ermentrout was elected district attorney in 1862 and served for three years.
Daniel Ermentrout was solicitor for the city of Reading from 1867 to 1870 and a member of the board of school control of Reading from 1868 to 1876.
Daniel Ermentrout was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1868 and 1880.
Daniel Ermentrout was chairman of the standing committee of Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1869,1872, and 1873.
Daniel Ermentrout served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1873 to 1874 and the 11th district from 1875 to 1887.
Daniel Ermentrout was appointed in October 1877 by Governor John F Hartranft as a member of the Pennsylvania Statuary Commission.
Daniel Ermentrout was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses.
Daniel Ermentrout was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1888.
Daniel Ermentrout was a delegate to the Democratic State conventions from 1895 to 1899.
Daniel Ermentrout was again elected to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses.
Daniel Ermentrout served in Congress until his death in Reading due to the effects of a choking incident in 1899.