Biography

07/26/1828 - 10/21/1874

WEIDNER, Daniel K., a Representative from Berks County; born, July 26, 1828 in Berks County, Pa.; telegraph operator, Reading Railroad Company; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861 and 1862; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1863); ticket and station agent, Reading Railroad Company; unsuccessful campaign, treasurer, Berks County (1873); died, October 21, 1874 in Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.