The Political Graveyard: Berks County, Pa.

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Berks County
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Politicians who lived in Berks County

Berks County (no city given):

	Berks County, 1800-1849: Samuel Fegely — John Miller — John Potteiger
	Berks County, 1850-1899: Frank R. Brunner — J. Depuy Davis — John C. Evans — William M. Heister — Jacob B. Herzog — N. S. Kauffman — A. T. C. Keffer — Samuel B. Keppel — C. W. Kutz — John R. Laucks — James Liggett — George H. Lorah — Edward M. Luden — Michael McCullough — Jacob Miller — W. Oscar Miller — S. D. Missimer — Frank H. Naftzinger — Benjamin Nunemacher — John E. Pautsch — F. Leonard Reber — Cyrus J. Rhode — Edward H. Shearer
	Berks County, 1900-1949: Joseph D. Eisenbrown — Walter B. Freed — James B. Gabriel — E. M. Herbert — Edwin M. Herbst — Thomas R. Houck — Henry U. Kistner — David H. G. Kuser — Jacob A. Lesher — Charles A. Maurer — H. Robert Mays — Howard G. McGowan — Calvin A. Miller — W. Oscar Miller — W. Frank Mohr — John W. Morrison — Richard W. F. Reuther — Frank W. Ruth — George W. Sassaman — Paul N. Schaeffer — Forest Ritter Shanaman — William Van Pelt
	Berks County, 1950-1999: Robert R. Adam — Paul J. Angstadt — J. Donald Backenstose — Earl A. Becker — Daniel B. Boyer, Jr. — Mark L. Brown — Robert R. Brown — Alfred Eckenrode — Leonard J. Gajewski — George A. Geist — Darlington Hoopes, Jr. — W. Hugh Jones — Harry Longenecker — Lawrence C. Machmer — James H. Mantis — Frank W. Ruth — Thomas P. Stults — LeRoy A. Weidner
	Berks County, 2000-2023: Darlington Hoopes, Jr.

Berks: Henry A. Muhlenberg

Birdsboro: George Brooke III — Edward Deem — Esther C. Houp — John W. Slipp — Frank Sowers — Elmer E. Squibb

Blandon: Terry L. Rarick

Boyertown: Ralph C. Body — H. L. Breidenbach — Charles B. Dotterer — James A. Fritz — Lester K. Fryer — Robert L. Houck

Douglassville: Cynthia Baughman — Josephine Roe Hoffer — William Montgomery — Guy L. Moser

Fleetwood: Jeanne C. Noll

Geigertown: Alira G. Bewley

Hamburg:

	Hamburg, 1700-1799: Francis Artilla
	Hamburg, 1800-1899: Francis Artilla — Christian Baum — B. Frank Bean — Charles Benseman — Abel H. Byers — Solomon K. Dreibelbis — William Feather — Henry Fister — Jacob Geiger — Fred Gordfleck — Peter S. Haintz — William Harris — John Kirkpatrick — Maurice M. Lenhart — Alton F. Luburg — Milton Ludwig — William K. Miller — Jonathan B. Potteiger — James Prutzman — Thomas M. Raubenhold — John F. Roads — Henry Rothenberger — Reuben F. Seidel — John Shenk — George Shollenberger — Allen L. Shomo — Elias Shomo — J. Albert Sunday — John Sunday — John A. Tobias — Frank R. Wagner — Abraham Wolff — Daniel Wolff
	Hamburg, 1900-1999: Wayne L. Balthaser — Abel H. Byers — Daniel R. Dunkel — William J. Geary — Archibald R. Judd — Oscar L. Lenhart — Alton F. Luburg — Frank M. Nice — Thomas M. Raubenhold — Robert A. Rupp — Wilson E. Schmick — Allen L. Shomo — Harry P. Shomo — Joseph N. Shomo — Stephen S. Sousley — John R. Wagner — William R. Werley — John H. Wertley

Kenhorst: Walter J. Miller

Kutztown:

	Kutztown, 1800-1849: Daniel Bieber — Dewalt Bieber — George Bieber — William Bieber — George Breyfogle — Jacob Esser — David Fister — John Fister — Peter Gifft — Jacob Graeff — William Heidenreich — Henry Heist — John V. Houck — John Kutz — Daniel Levan — George A. Odenheimer — John Palsgrove — Jonathan Prime
	Kutztown, 1850-1899: Hiram F. Bickel — Dewalt F. Bieber — Walter B. Bieber — Reuben Dewalt — Michael T. Donmoyer — Jacob B. Esser — John P. S. Fenstermacher — David Fister — John Fister — Conrad Gehring — John R. Gouser — Jacob Graeff — John M. Graeff — William Helfrich — Paul Hilbert — David Hinterleiter — Lewis Hottenstein — John Humbert — B. H. Kutz — Daniel B. Kutz — David Levan — William Sander — Fayette Schaedler — S. S. Schmehl — D. W. Sharadin — J. D. Sharadin — Reuben Sharadin — Jacob Sunday — J. S. Trexler — C. H. Wanner — J. D. Wanner
	Kutztown, 1900-1949: Ulysses S. G. Bieber — Charles J. G. Christian — N. Z. Dunkelberger — John P. S. Fenstermacher — Jeremiah T. Fritch — John R. Gouser — Allan K. Grim — Charles D. Herman — H. W. Saul — Henry W. Saul
	Kutztown, 1950-1999: Alan Darion — Virginia Grim — Ira T. Moyer — Dorothea Schaeffer — Forrest G. Schaeffer

Laureldale: Richard L. Adams — Dominic Manzella

Lenhardtsville: Wilson G. Sarig

Mt. Penn: Margaret M. Memmert

Mertztown: Dennis L. Boyer

Mohnton: John A. Eberly — Mark Gillen — Mrs. A. A. Hettinger

Morgantown: Tom Herman

Oley: Ella H. DeTurk Mengel — Eileen G. Prussman — Lot W. Reiff

Reading:

	Reading, 1760-1769: James Wilson
	Reading, 1770-1779: James Wilson
	Reading, 1790-1799: Gottlieb Jungman
	Reading, 1800-1809: Gottlieb Jungman — John Walter
	Reading, 1810-1819: Joseph Hiester — John M. Hyneman — Francis Swaine Muhlenberg — John Spayd — John Walter
	Reading, 1820-1829: Joseph Hiester — Francis Swaine Muhlenberg — Henry A. Muhlenberg — Peter Nagle, Jr. — Matthias Richards — Samuel Ritter — John Spayd — Daniel Udree — John Walter — William Witman
	Reading, 1830-1839: Anthony Bickel — George de Benneville Keim — George M. Keim — Thomas Kepple — Henry A. Muhlenberg — Peter Nagle, Jr. — Matthias Richards — Samuel Ritter — William Schoener — William Strong
	Reading, 1840-1849: William Betz — Daniel R. Clymer — Peter Filbert — George Getz — William High — Edward Burd Hubley — George M. Keim — William H. Keim — Henry Rhoades — John Ritter — Samuel Ritter — Andrew M. Sallade — Jacob M. Sallade — William Schoener — William Strong — Charles Troxell — W. A. Wells — John K. Wright
	Reading, 1850-1859: Sydenham E. Ancona — William M. Baird — Daniel R. Clymer — Peter Filbert — George Getz — James Lawrence Getz — J. Glancy Jones — Benneville Keim — George M. Keim — William Mason — John K. McKurdy — Philip K. Miller — John C. Myers — Henry Rhoades — John S. Richards — John Ritter — Charles K. Robeson — Andrew M. Sallade — Jacob M. Sallade — John Schwartz — William Strong — A. Jordan Swartz — Joel B. Wanner — Lewis H. Wunder — Samuel L. Young
	Reading, 1860-1869: Sydenham E. Ancona — J. Bowman Bell — William Briner — Hiester Clymer — Isaac Eckert — Nathan M. Eisenhower — Daniel Ermentrout — John Fritz — William H. Gernand — James Lawrence Getz — Joseph S. Hoyer — Benneville Keim — George M. Keim — Jacob Knabb — Michael Kraemer, Sr. — F. Lauer — Diller Luther — David McKnight — Matthias Mengel — Philip K. Miller — David E. Stout — Joel B. Wanner
	Reading, 1870-1879: Hiester Clymer — Daniel Ermentrout — Charles F. Evans — John Fritz — Matilda Fritz — William H. Gernand — James Lawrence Getz — George W. Grant — Henry D. Green — Benneville Keim — Jacob Knabb — Samuel C. Mayer — Evan Mishler — Henry A. Tyson — Joseph T. Valentine — A. B. Warner
	Reading, 1880-1889: Albert J. Brumbach — Daniel Ermentrout — Charles F. Evans — James K. Getz — James Lawrence Getz — Calvin Goodman — George W. Grant — Henry D. Green — Augustus M. High — James R. Kenney — Jacob Knabb — F. S. Livengood — William G. Moore — John H. Rothermel — William G. Rowe — Henry A. Tyson — George K. Whitner
	Reading, 1890-1899: H. S. Bard — David B. Brunner — James Lawrence Getz — Calvin Goodman — Henry D. Green — Augustus M. High — Adam H. Leader — Thomas P. Merritt — Charles M. Plank — John H. Rothermel — William F. Shanaman — Prince R. Stetson — John S. Thompson — Jacob Weidel
	Reading, 1900-1909: Edwin R. Gerber — Henry D. Green — David M. Gregg — Augustus M. High — Adam H. Leader — Jonathan G. Leinbach — Maurice M. Lenhart — Charles W. Potteiger — William Rick — John H. Rothermel — Thomas C. Seidel — Ira W. Stratton — Edward Yeager
	Reading, 1910-1919: Robert G. Bushong — William M. Croll — Harry J. Dunn — Edward H. Filbert — Henry D. Green — Horace H. Hammer — Augustus M. High — Maurice M. Lenhart — William Rick — John H. Rothermel — B. Frank Ruth — Thomas C. Seidel — Charles N. Seitzinger — Ira W. Stratton — J. Edward Warner
	Reading, 1920-1929: Mary Archer — Robert G. Bushong — George F. Eisenbrown — Heber Ermentrout — Elizabeth O. Hafer — Horace H. Hammer — Darlington Hoopes — A. Ellsworth Leinbach — Maurice M. Lenhart — Ralph G. Matthews — James H. Maurer — Frederick A. Muhlenberg — Edgar S. Richardson — John H. Rothermel — Thomas C. Seidel — Charles N. Seitzinger — William E. Sharman — John K. Stauffer — Ira W. Stratton — J. Henry Stump — J. Benton Whitman
	Reading, 1930-1939: William C. Bitting — Heber Ermentrout — John C. Evans — J. Wilmer Fisher — Lorena R. Fry — Horace H. Hammer — Darlington Hoopes — John G. Keller — Harry W. Lee — James H. Maurer — Frederick A. Muhlenberg — James E. Norton — William E. Richardson — Walter A. Ringler — Ira W. Stratton — J. Henry Stump
	Reading, 1940-1949: Wellington M. Bertolet — Clarence P. Bowers — Anna Dickinson — Heber Ermentrout — Jay Field — Harry T. Gicker — Daniel K. Hoch — Darlington Hoopes — Harry W. Lee — Susan B. Marshall — Bertram J. Murphy — Jeremiah L. Rice — Walter A. Ringler — Frances D. Stauffer — Mary Jacobs Stocker — Charles M. Stoner — Edward J. Williams
	Reading, 1950-1959: C. Wilson Austin — James B. Bamford — Clarence P. Bowers — Bruce R. Coleman — George W. Giles — Darlington Hoopes — Minnie P. Hurley — Jerome Kobrin — Charles F. Luigard — Daniel F. McDevitt — Hiester H. Muhlenberg — Bertram J. Murphy — Mrs. H. V. Pritchard — Albert S. Readinger — George M. Rhodes — Walter A. Ringler — Harold D. Schildt — John W. Speicher — Carroll D. Winters — Gus Yatron
	Reading, 1960-1969: Clarence P. Bowers — Harry Boyer — Bruce R. Coleman — Paul J. Hoh — Darlington Hoopes — William I. Huber — Daniel H. Huyett — Jerome Korbin — Adam B. Krafczek — John C. Kubacki — Russell J. LaMarca — Joseph J. Lewalski — Charles F. Luigard — Georgia K. Mantis — Daniel F. McDevitt — William G. Piper — Jane C. Reber — Thomas E. Schaeffer, Jr. — Harold D. Schildt — Eugene L. Shirk — Carroll D. Winters — Gus Yatron — Gerald S. Zember
	Reading, 1970-1979: Harry Boyer — Carol A. Briaka — Thomas C. Brogan — Howard M. Fry — Robert R. Gerhart, Jr. — Edward F. Haas — Jane C. Reber — Harold D. Schildt — Gus Yatron
	Reading, 1980-1989: Harry S. Lesher, Sr. — Mary Schmidt — Gus Yatron
	Reading, 1990-1999: Catherine M. Chelius — Thomas J. Diana — Joan Kohl — Randy Pyle — Vaughn D. Spencer
	Reading, 2000-2009: Angel Figueroa — Michael A. O'Pake

Robesonia: Samuel R. Deppen — John E. Livingood — Stella Z. Livingood

Shamrock: Uriah Biery

Shillington: Kenneth G. Auge — Fred Brubaker — James J. Gallen — Pierce D. Killian — Jeremiah H. Wentzel

Sinking Spring: Robert G. Bushong — Charles R. Ludwig — Arthur T. McGonigle

South Temple: Alex J. MacRae

Stonersville: Paul W. Tibbet

Topton: Albert H. Smith

Wernersville: Frederick A. Muhlenberg

West Lawn: Katherine H. Keiser — Sophie K. Reiff — Richard H. Rhoads

West Reading: Orson N. Ritzman — Edward I. Wayne

Womelsdorf: Frank C. Hilton — Jacob H. Mays

Wyomissing: David J. Batdorf — Charles J. Esterly — Bertram R. Farr — Charles A. Fisher — William E. Fisher — E. Raymond Hendricks — Frank C. Hilton — Charles H. Law — John E. Livingood — H. Howard Ramberger — F. B. Shappell

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