Elias Deemer

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Elias Deemer (January 3, 1838–March 29, 1918) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Elias Deemer was born near Durham, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and in Philadelphia in 1860. During the Civil War, he enlisted in July 1861 as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until the middle of May 1862, when he was discharged because of disabilities. He moved to Milford, New Jersey, in 1862 and engaged in business. In 1868 moved to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the manufacture of lumber. He served as president of the common council from 1888 to 1890. He was president of the Williamsport National Bank from 1893 to 1918, and also interested in the publication of several newspapers at Williamsport. He was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention.

Deemer was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906, for election in 1908. He resumed lumber operations in Pennsylvania, and at Deemer, Mississippi, a town he founded and gave his name. He died in Williamsport in 1918. Interment in Wildwood Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by: Horace B. Packer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1901 - 1903	Succeeded by: Charles H. Dickerman
Preceded by: Charles F. Wright	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1903 - 1907	Succeeded by: William B. Wilson