Emanuel SHULTZ, Congress, OH (1819-1912)

SHULTZ, Emanuel, a Representative from Ohio; born in Stouchsburg, Berks County, Pa., July 25, 1819; attended the public schools; apprenticed to the trade of shoemaker; moved to Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1838; engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and the manufacture of paper; member of the State constitutional convention in 1873; member of the State house of representatives 1875-1877; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882; again engaged in paper making; appointed postmaster of Miamisburg and served from August 2, 1889, to January 17, 1894; died in Miamisburg, Ohio, November 5, 1912; interment in Hill Grove Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present