Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was a Republican member of the

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from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Lafean was born in York, Pennsylvania to

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immigrants from Posen. He was engaged in candy manufacturing and in banking in York. He served as a director of the Gettysburg College and trustee of the

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in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the first president of the American Caramel Company and was later a co-founder and president of the Keystone Color Works. He was a

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and served as Worshipful Master of his lodge, Zeredatha Lodge No. 451, York, in 1895. Lafean was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. He was elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He was appointed commissioner of banking of the State of Pennsylvania in 1917. He again engaged in manufacturing pursuits and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania.

Sources

The Political GraveyardLafean and York Fair of 100-Years-Ago – ''York Daily Record'' (Sep. 16, 2016)Zeredatha-White Rose Lodge No. 451, F.&A.M.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lafean, Daniel F. 1861 births 1922 deaths American bankers American people of German descent Businesspeople from Pennsylvania Businesspeople in confectionery Gettysburg College Politicians from York, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania