Robert Klotz

Robert Klotz
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Francis D. Collins
Succeeded by	John B. Storm
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1848–1849
Personal details
Born	(1819-10-27)October 27, 1819 Northampton County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 1, 1895(1895-05-01) (aged 75) Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
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Robert Klotz (October 27, 1819 – May 1, 1895) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Robert Klotz was born in Northampton (now Carbon) County, Pennsylvania. He attended the county's schools. He was the first register and recorder of Carbon County in 1843.^[1]

During the war with Mexico, he served in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private, lieutenant, and adjutant in 1846 and 1847. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1848 and was reelected in 1849.^[1]

He moved to Pawnee, Kansas, in 1855. He was a member of the Topeka, Kansas, constitutional convention in 1855 and served as the first Secretary of State of Kansas under the constitution adopted. He was a brigadier general under Governor Charles Robinson.^[2]

He returned to Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He served as treasurer of Carbon County, Pennsylvania in 1859.^[1]

Klotz enlisted in the Union Army in 1861, and was chosen colonel of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia in 1862. He served as a trustee of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from 1874 to 1882.^[2]

Klotz was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. He served as director and agent of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company in New York City.

Death

He died at his home in Mauch Chunk in present-day Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1895.^[3] He was buried at City Cemetery.^[2]

References

1. Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. VI. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
2. United States Congress. "Robert Klotz (id: K000272)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
3. "Death of Hon. Robert Klotz, of Mauch Chunk". The Allentown Democrat. May 8, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved May 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• The Political Graveyard

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Francis D. Collins	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1879 - 1883	Succeeded by John B. Storm