Charles E. Dietrich

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Charles Elmer Dietrich (July 30, 1889–May 20, 1942) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles E. Dietrich was born in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1907. He owned and operated a theater from 1914 to 1942. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits from 1924 to 1942. He served as prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, from 1920 to 1935. He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention.

Dietrich was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He resumed former business pursuits, and died in Tunkhannock. Interment in Sunnyside Cemetery.

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• Charles E. Dietrich at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Louis T. McFadden

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1935 - 1937

Succeeded by Albert G. Rutherford