14 Facts About Emanuel Shultz

Emanuel Shultz was a shoemaker, merchant, manufacturer, banker and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for a single term from 1881 to 1883.

Emanuel Shultz was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of George and Mary Shultz.

Emanuel Shultz attended the public schools until he was eleven years old when his father died.

Emanuel Shultz was compelled to leave school and depend on diligent self-study and was apprenticed to the trade of shoemaking.

Emanuel Shultz was initiated a charter member of the Marion Lodge the Masons in 1844, a royal arch Mason and a Knight Templar.

Emanuel Shultz was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.

Emanuel Shultz was a leading tobacco leaf dealer since 1853, Montgomery and Butler counties being major tobacco producing and manufacturing centers in Ohio and the United States throughout the last half of the 19th century.

Emanuel Shultz began his political affiliation with the Whigs, but since the formation of the Republican party was a steadfast Republican.

Emanuel Shultz served in most of the local minor offices and then in 1859 as Montgomery County Commissioner until 1862.

In 1875, Emanuel Shultz was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, serving one term but was not a candidate for re-election.

In 1880 after redistricting, Emanuel Shultz again faced McMahon, but was narrowly elected to the Forty-seventh United States Congress from Ohio's 4th congressional district.

Emanuel Shultz returned to Miamisburg and again engaged in paper manufacturing.

Emanuel Shultz was appointed postmaster of Miamisburg by President Benjamin Harrison in 1889, serving about five years.

Emanuel Shultz died at the age of 93 in Miamisburg; he was interred in Hill Grove Cemetery.