Robert Hermann FOERDERER, Congress, PA (1860-1903)

FOERDERER, Robert Hermann, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Frankenhausen, Germany, May 16, 1860, while his parents were sojourning in Europe; attended public and private schools in Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged in the manufacture of leather and in various other business enterprises; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Torresdale, Pa., July 26, 1903; interment in South Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present