Biography

07/28/1816 - 06/20/1893

Major David Mumma Jr. (R16) Dauphin and Lebanon Counties 1870-1871 (R12) Dauphin and Lebanon Counties 1872

Early Life:

Major David Mumma Jr., born July 28, 1816, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; son of David Sr., and Esther Schott Mumma; public school education; major, Dauphin County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia; engaged, farming, lumber business, mercantile pursuits; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1840; director, Cash Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Harrisburg, 1850; read law, admitted bar, began the practice of legal profession, Harrisburg, 1853-1893; elected, (Union Republican and North American), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1856-1857; elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1860; president, East Harrisburg Cemetery Association; elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 1870-1872; married, Lydia Detweiler Mumma, children, Sue Shelley Mumma Major, David D. Mumma, Ellis Lewis Mumma; died, June 20, 1893, (aged 76), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1840. 

Elected, Union Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Dauphin County, 1856*. 

Elected, North American, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Dauphin County, 1857*.

*The Republican and North American parties formed a state-wide alliance known as the Union Ticket. North American was a name assumed by the anti-slave faction of the American Party. Apparently, no Independent Americans were elected to the House.

Elected, delegate, Republican National Convention, 1860. 

Elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1870-1871; committee assignments, Judiciary, (Local), Mines and Mining, Public Buildings. 

Elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1872; committee assignments, Mines and Mining, Public Buildings, Railroads (Chairman).

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Laid out the towns of Highspire, Penbrook, Pennsylvania. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold. House1850-1864 (wilkes.edu) Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1871). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 428, 430, 436-438.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1872). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 500, 503, 506-508.

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) · Wednesday, June 21, 1893 · Page 1.

MAJ David Mumma Jr. (1816-1893) - Find a Grave Memorial