John Reber

John Reber ( born 1 February 1858 in South Manheim, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, † September 26, 1931 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1923 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Reber attended the public schools of his home and then to 1875 the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie (New York). For some years he taught as a teacher. He then worked as an accountant. Between 1882 and 1884 he was deputy treasurer in Schuylkill County. Then he made 1885-1917 Hosiery. He was also active in the banking industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1918 was Reber in the twelfth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Douglas Heaton on March 4, 1919. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1923 two legislative sessions. Since 1921 he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage. While Reber's time in Congress were the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution ratified. In 1922 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Reber worked in the banking industry. He was also president of the company Reber Investment Co. He died on 26 September 1931 in Pottsville.