1. Lemuel Amerman was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893.
12 Facts About Lemuel Amerman
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Lemuel Amerman attended the Danville Academy, and graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869.
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Lemuel Amerman studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Lemuel Amerman moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1876 and continued the practice of law.
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Lemuel Amerman served as solicitor for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1879 and 1880.
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Lemuel Amerman was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1884.
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Lemuel Amerman was elected city comptroller of Scranton in 1885 and 1886, and reporter of the decisions of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1886 and 1887.
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Lemuel Amerman was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892.
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Lemuel Amerman continued the practice of law in Scranton until his death in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, at the age of 50.
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Lemuel Amerman later became a public school teacher in Scranton.
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Lemuel and Mary Amerman had a son, Ralph, born 1884, and a daughter, Mary Caroline, born February 14,1886.
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In 1910, Mary Caroline Lemuel Amerman married Frederick Lewis of Norfolk, Virginia.