Ephraim Milton Woomer

Ephraim Milton Woomer ( born January 14, 1844 in Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, † November 29, 1897 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1897 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ephraim Woomer attended the public schools of his home. During the Civil War he served in an infantry regiment from Pennsylvania. He rose to the sergeant. In 1864 he lost a leg during the Battle of the Wilderness. Then he taught until 1869 as a teacher, then he was engaged in trade. From 1869 to 1872 he was employed by the Guardianship Court in Lebanon County. He also was cashier at the People's Bank of Lebanon. Politically, Woomer joined the Republican Party. From 1884 to 1886 he sat in the council of Lebanon. After that, he was also chairman of that body until 1890. In June 1888 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in part, on the Benjamin Harrison was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Woomer was in the 14th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Winebrenner Rife on March 4, 1893. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1897 two legislative sessions. In 1896, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Ephraim Woomer again worked as a bank teller. He died on 29 November 1897 in Lebanon, where he was also buried.