Emanuel Shultz

Emanuel Shultz (born July 25, 1819 in Stouchsburg , Berks County , Pennsylvania , †  November 5, 1912 in Miamisburg , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Emanuel Shultz attended the public schools in his home country and then completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker. In 1838 he moved to Miamisburg, where he worked in trade. Later he also got into banking. He also worked in paper production. Politically, he first became a member of the Whig Party and then the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . He held a few local offices and was from 1859 to 1862 County Commissioner , which roughly corresponds to a district council, in Montgomery County . In 1873 he was a member of a constitutional convention for the state of Ohio. From 1875 to 1877 he was a member of the House of Representatives there. In 1878 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1880 Shultz was then elected in the fourth constituency of Ohio in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded J. Warren Keifer on March 4, 1881 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1882, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1883 . After serving in the US House of Representatives, Shultz returned to papermaking. Between 1889 and 1894 he was a postman in Miamisburg. He died there on November 5, 1912 at the age of 93. He was married to Sarah Beck, with whom he had three daughters.

Web links

• Emanuel Shultz in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Emanuel Shultz in the database of Find a Grave (English)