William Fenstermacher

William Fenstermacher

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1817-1818 Representative Democrat
1818-1819 Representative Democrat
1819-1820 Representative Democrat
1820-1821 Representative Democrat
1821-1822 Representative Democrat
Counties Lehigh

Biography

03/22/1775 - 08/19/1850


FENSTERMACHER, Wilhelm “William,” a Representative from Lehigh County; born, March 22, 1775 in Heidelberg Township, Northampton (now Lehigh) County, Pa.; farmer; elected, commissioner, Lehigh County (1812); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1817-1818 term; reelected to the House for 4 more consecutive terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1822); died, August 19, 1850 in Washington Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania; interred, Heidelberg Union Cemetery, Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.


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