Biography

12/01/1839 - 08/27/1909


BIERMAN, E. Benjamin, a Representative from Lebanon County; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., December 1, 1839; attended, Reading Classical Academy; A.M., Lafayette College, 1867; Ph.D., Ursinus College, 1892; D.D., Chicago Lutheran Seminary, 1901; high school principal, Tremont (1862-1863); high school principal, Hamburg (1864-1867); professor, mathmatics and astronomy, Lebanon Valley College (1875-1889); elected, delegate, Republican State Convenetion (1880); teacher, ancient and modern langauages, North Broad Street Seminary, Philadelphia (1883-1887); president, Lebanon Valley College (1890-1897); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 and 1903 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1905 term; treasurer, Lebanon Valley College (1905-1909); died, August 27, 1909 in Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Annville Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
 
 
 

Bibliography

 
Bierman, Elijah Benjamin, “First Twenty Five Years of Lebanon Valley College,” Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society, 1905, vol. 3, no. 4.
 
Bierman, Elijah Benjamin, “Lebanon County in Our State Legislature,” Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society, 1904, vol. 2, no. 12.
 
Bierman, Elijah Benjamin, “Visit to Annville Sixty Years Ago,” Papers Read Before the Lebanon County Historical Society, 1899, vol. 1, no. 8.
 


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