Ephraim Milton Woomer

Ephraim Milton Woomer

Ephraim Milton Woomer (born January 14, 1844 in Jonestown , Lebanon County , Pennsylvania , †  November 29, 1897 in Lebanon , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ephraim Woomer attended public schools in his home country. During the Civil War he served in a Pennsylvania infantry regiment. He rose to the rank of sergeant. In 1864 he lost a leg during the Battle of the Wilderness . He then taught as a teacher until 1869, after which he worked in trade. From 1869 to 1872 he was also employed by the Guardianship Court in Lebanon County. He also became a cashier at the People's Bank of Lebanon . Politically, Woomer joined the Republican Party . From 1884 to 1886 he sat on the Lebanon parish council. After that he was also chairman of this body until 1890. In June 1888 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , at which Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Woomer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded John Winebrenner Rife on March 4, 1893 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Ephraim Woomer worked again as a bank teller. He died on November 29, 1897 in Lebanon, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Ephraim Milton Woomer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ephraim Milton Woomer in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Winebrenner Rife	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (14th constituency) March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897	Marlin Edgar Olmsted