Charles L. Gerlach

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Charles L. Gerlach (September 14, 1895 - May 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles Lewis Gerlach was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1914. He was he the organizer, and later president, of a fuel and heating supply company. He was the Republican State committeeman in 1936 and 1937. He elected to Congress as a Republican in 1938 to the 76th Congress and served until his 1947 death in Allentown.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Oliver W. Frey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1939-1945	Succeeded by J. Roland Kinzer
Preceded by James Wolfenden	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1945-1947	Succeeded by Franklin H. Lichtenwalter