Robert Edward Difenderfer

Robert Edward Difenderfer (June 7, 1849 – April 25, 1923) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Robert E. Difenderfer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Irving P. Wanger
Succeeded by	Henry Winfield Watson
Personal details
Born	June 7, 1849 Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Died	April 25, 1923 (aged 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

Biography

Robert E. Difenderfer was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and studied dentistry and 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 was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1914, 1916, and 1918. He was engaged in the retail confectionery business at Jenkintown, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1923. Interment in Westminster Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Robert E. Difenderfer (id: D000343)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard

External links

• Robert Edward Difenderfer at Find a Grave