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Robert Edward Difenderfer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915
Preceded byIrving P. Wanger
Succeeded byHenry Winfield Watson
Personal details
Born(1849-06-07)June 7, 1849
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 25, 1923(1923-04-25) (aged 73)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeWestminster Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationPolitician

Robert Edward Difenderfer (June 7, 1849 – April 25, 1923) was a politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 8th district, then composing of Bucks and Montgomery counties, from 1911 to 1914.

Early life

Robert Edward Difenderfer was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and studied dentistry.

Career

Difenderfer practiced this profession for fourteen years in Lewisburg and Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He built and operated the first woolen mill at Tianjin, China. He returned to the United States in August 1900, where he engaged in the wholesale lumber business and as a contractor at Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.

Difenderfer was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses. He represented the 8th district, then composing of Bucks and Montgomery counties. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914, 1916, and 1918. He was a member of the foreign affairs and pensions committee and the Army expenditure committee. Difenderfer brought an investigation to the house committee on expenditures in the United States Department of War related to the government showing favoritism in awarding shoe contracts. in 1912, Difenderfer asked that Secretary Charles Nagel of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor investigate high coal prices. In 1914, Harry Grim defeated Difenderfer in the Democratic nomination for Congress. Difenderfer challenged the vote count and requested a recount. He was succeeded by Henry W. Watson.

He was engaged in the retail confectionery business at Jenkintown.

Personal life

Difenderfer lived in Ashbourne, Pennsylvania. Difenderfer died on April 25, 1923, at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Westminster Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "Difenderfer, Robert E." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  2. "Congressman Robert E. Diefenderfer..." The Montgomery Times. May 16, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. "Democrats Gain Several Congressmen". The Harrisburg Telegraph. November 9, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. "House Democrats Adopt A Program". The Morning Call. April 3, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. "Congressman Robert E. Diefenderfer..." The Central News. June 14, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. "Attempt to Bribe Congressman's Clerk". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 27, 1911. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "Congressman Asks Federal Coal Probe". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 1, 1912. p. 16. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  8. "Grim Beats Diefenderfer". The Morning Call. June 1, 1914. p. 9. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. "Diefenderfer to Contest Nomination of Harry Grim". The Morning Call. June 19, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. "May Launch Watson". The Allentown Leader. August 4, 1917. p. 4. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  11. "Robert E. Diefenderfer". Buffalo Morning Express. April 26, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byIrving P. Wanger Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
1911–1915 		Succeeded byHenry Winfield Watson


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