Robert Klotz (October 27, 1819 – May 1, 1895) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Robert Klotz | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Francis D. Collins |
| Succeeded by | John B. Storm |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1848–1849 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 27, 1819 Northampton County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 1, 1895 (aged 75) Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Biography
editRobert Klotz was born in Northampton (now Carbon) County, Pennsylvania. He attended the county's schools. He was the first register and recorder of Carbon County in 1843.[1]
During the war with Mexico, he served in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private, lieutenant, and adjutant in 1846 and 1847. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1848 and was reelected in 1849.[1]
He moved to Pawnee, Kansas, in 1855. He was a member of the Topeka, Kansas, constitutional convention in 1855 and served as the first Secretary of State of Kansas under the constitution adopted. He was a brigadier general under Governor Charles Robinson.[2]
He returned to Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He served as treasurer of Carbon County, Pennsylvania in 1859.[1]
Klotz enlisted in the Union Army in 1861, and was chosen colonel of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia in 1862. He served as a trustee of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from 1874 to 1882.[2]
Klotz was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. He served as director and agent of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company in New York City.
Death
editHe died at his home in Mauch Chunk in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1895.[3] He was buried at City Cemetery.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. VI. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c United States Congress. "Robert Klotz (id: K000272)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ^ "Death of Hon. Robert Klotz, of Mauch Chunk". The Allentown Democrat. May 8, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.