Frank C. Wachter

Frank C. Wachter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	William Samuel Booze
Succeeded by	Harry Benjamin Wolf
Personal details
Born	(1861-09-16)September 16, 1861 Baltimore, Maryland
Died	July 1, 1910(1910-07-01) (aged 48) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Republican

Frank Charles Wachter (September 16, 1861 – July 1, 1910) was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland.

Biography

Born in Baltimore, Maryland to German immigrants,^[1] Wachter attended private schools and St. Paul's Evangelical School at Baltimore. He learned the trade of cloth cutting and in 1892 engaged in the cloth-shrinking business. He served as a member of the jail board of Baltimore from 1896 to 1898, and was an unsuccessful candidate for police commissioner of Baltimore in 1898.^[2]

Campaign button depicting Wachter, year unknown

Wachter was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1899 to March 3, 1907.^[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1906, and resumed his former business pursuits in Baltimore. He served as a member of the board of managers of Maryland Penitentiary from 1909 until his death in Baltimore. He is interred in Loudon Park Cemetery.

References

1. "United States Census, 1880", FamilySearch, retrieved April 1, 2018
2. United States Congress. "Frank C. Wachter (id: W000001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
3. "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 45. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by William Samuel Booze	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district 1899–1907	Succeeded by Harry Benjamin Wolf