Robert Hermann Foerderer (May 16, 1860 – July 26, 1903) was a Republican

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

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Robert H. Foerderer was born in Frankenhausen, Germany

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, while his parents were sojourning in Europe

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. He attended public and private schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. He was engaged in the manufacture of leather

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 and in various other business enterprises.

He was elected in 1900

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 as a Republican to the 57th United States Congress

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-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....

 and served until his death in Torresdale, Pennsylvania

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. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery

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