For he was great ere fortune made him so. His manners were so agreeable. his courtesy so uniform. his friendship so constant. and his fidelity so unfailing that he won esteem. confidence. and popularity no less than wealth. substantial manifestations of which were made in many forms. among them being his election as officer or director of a large number of local financial institutions. Descended from libertyloving Germans. whose highest aspirations in emigrating to this country were realized. Mr. FOERDERER was from infancy intensely Ameiican. and education. association. and his conception of public welfare and personal interest made him zealous and constant in the support of the Republican party. and when that party in 1900 needed a candidate in the great Keystone State for Representative at large in the Congress of the nation as an associate for the veteran Galusha A.
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