Biography

04/17/1857 - 07/26/1936

KAUFFMAN, Christian Charles, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, April 17, 1857 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa.; attended, Shoemaker’s Academy, Chambersburg, Pa; attended, Williston Seminary, Ma.; attorney (1878-1936); solicitor, Columbia School district, Columbia Lace Company and Columbia Silk Mills; president and general manager, Columbia Iron Works; president, New Haven Iron & Steel Company; general manager, Schuylkill Haven Iron Co.; director, Susquehanna Iron & Steel Company; director, Pennsylvania Forestry Association; elected, solicitor, Columbia; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1886 and 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1890); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1895-1896); bond salesman; died, July 26, 1936 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.