Walter M. Mumma
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Walter Mann Mumma (November 20, 1890 – February 25, 1961) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Walter Mumma was born in Steelton. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State Forestry Academy in Mont Alto in 1911. He was employed with the Pennsylvania State Forestry Department from 1911 to 1916.
He worked with the sales department of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1916 to 1921. He was the organizer, president, and manager of the Pennsylvania Supply Co. of Harrisburg, from 1921 to 1947, and served as vice president from 1947 to 1951. He served as register of wills for Dauphin County, from 1940 to 1944.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland. He is interred at East Harrisburg Cemetery.
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| Preceded by John C. Kunkel |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1951–1953 |
Succeeded by Richard M. Simpson |
| Preceded by Samuel K. McConnell, Jr. |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1953–1961 |
Succeeded by John C. Kunkel |
