William Eckart Lehman

William Eckart Lehman ( born August 21, 1821 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † July 19, 1895 in Atlantic City, New Jersey ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Lehman attended preparatory schools and then studied until 1841 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After a subsequent law degree in 1844 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Philadelphia in this profession. U.S. President James K. Polk appointed him auditor of the postal authorities in the states of Pennsylvania and New York. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1860, Lehman was the first electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Birch Florence on March 4, 1861. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1862, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1863. This was marked by the events of the Civil War.

Between 1863 and 1865, Lehman was a captain Head of the Military Police ( Provost Marshal ) in the first district of Pennsylvania. After the war, he withdrew into retirement. He died on July 19, 1895 in Atlantic City and was buried in Philadelphia.