Ludwig Worman
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Ludwig Worman was a Federalist
Federalist
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 member of the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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 from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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Worman was born in Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania
Tinicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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. He learned the tanning
Tanning
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 business. He moved to Earl Township, Pennsylvania
Earl Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Earl Township is a township in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,050 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water. It is drained by the Schuylkill River...

, in 1784 and established a tannery.

Worman was elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth
17th United States Congress
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 Congress and served until his death. Before his death, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822
United States House election, 1822
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 to the Eighteenth
18th United States Congress
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 Congress. He died in Earl Township in 1822. Interment in Earl Township Cemetery.

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