S. Walter Stauffer

Simon Walter Stauffer ( born August 13, 1888 in Walkersville, Frederick County, Maryland, † September 26, 1975 in York, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1953 and 1959 he represented two times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Walter Stauffer attended the public schools of his home as well as in the years 1906 and 1907, the School Conway Hall in Carlisle. In 1912 he graduated from the local Dickinson College. In 1915 he moved to York, where he established and sales 1916-1936 limestone and dolomite minerals. Since 1930 he was also curator of the Dickinson College. From 1936 to 1946 he was president of the National Lime Association in Washington DC Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. From 1949 to 1952 he served as Chairman of the Building regulations ( Housing Authority ) in York. He was also a 1950-1960 board member and Vice President of the Company York County Gas Co. Stauffer also owned large areas of forest and was 1947-1960 also worked in the lumber business.

In the congressional elections of 1952, Stauffer was elected in the 19th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Leon H. Gavin on January 3, 1953. Since he lost in 1954 against James M. Quigley, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until January 3, 1955. In the 1956 elections, he was re-elected in the 19th district of his state in Congress, where he Quigley replaced again on January 3, 1957, until January 3, 1959 completed a further term of office. His two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives were determined by the events of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. In 1958 he was defeated Quigley again.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Walter Stauffer is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 26 September 1975 in York, where he was also buried.