Amerman, Lemuel
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 29, 1846, near Danville, Pa. He was professor of ancient languages and English literature in the state normal school at Mansfield, Pa., for three years; was admitted to practice and located in Scranton in 1876; was county solicitor for Lackawanna county in 1879-80; was representative in Pennsylvania legislature, 1881-84; was city comptroller of Scranton, 1885-86; was reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, 1886-87. He was largely interested in the construction and operation of water works; and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
He died Oct. 7, 1897, in Scranton, Pa.