Aaron Shenk Kreider

Aaron Shenk Kreider ( born June 26, 1863 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, † May 19, 1929 in Annville, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1923 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Aaron Kreider attended the common schools and the Lebanon Valley College in Annville. In 1880 he graduated from Allentown Business College. In the same year he moved to Fulton, Missouri, where he was first employed in agriculture and then as a store clerk. In 1884 he returned to Pennsylvania, where he worked in Campbelltown and Roseland in trade. In 1886 he founded the city of Lawn. At that time he was also active in agriculture, grain and coal business. In 1893 he moved to Palmyra and then to Annville. There he was active in the shoemaker industry and in the banking industry. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. From 1909 to 1912 he was a member and chairman of the council of Annville. In 1910 he took part in Pennsylvania as a delegate in the regional Republican convention. From 1913 to 1916, ie already during his time as a congressman, he was President of the Confederation of shoemakers.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Kreider was in the 18th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Marlin Edgar Olmsted on March 4, 1913. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1923 five legislative sessions. Since 1919 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Interior. In his time as a congressman of the First World War fell. In addition, the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1922, Aaron Kreider was not re-elected. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he continued his previous activities. He also became Chairman of the Board at Lebanon Valley College in Annville. In this city he died on 19 May 1929.