Lemuel Amerman

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Lemuel Amerman (October 29, 1846–October 7, 1897) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Lemuel Amerman was born near Danville, Pennsylvania. He attended the Danville Academy, and graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. He taught school for three years. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1876 and continued the practice of law. He was also engaged in banking. He served as solicitor for Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in 1879 and 1880. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1884. He was elected city comptroller of Scranton in 1885 and 1886, and reporter of the decisions of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1886 and 1887.

Amerman was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892. He continued the practice of his profession in Scranton until his death in Blossburg, Pennsylvania. Interment in Forest Hill Cemetery in Scranton.

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

Preceded by Joseph A. Scranton

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1891 - 1893

Succeeded by Joseph A. Scranton