Biography

10/30/1825 - 03/16/1907

FOGEL, John Herman, a Representative from Lehigh County; born, October 30, 1825 in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pa.; farmer; proprietor, Lehigh Grain, Coal & Lumber Co.; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1866; reelected to serve 2 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1869); president, Kutztown Savings Bank; reelected to the House in 1874 and 1875; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1876); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1878); notary public; died, March 16, 1907 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint John’s United Church of Christ Cemetery, Fogelsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.