John William Ditter Sr. (September 5, 1888 – November 21, 1943) was a

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member of the

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from

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John William Ditter Sr. was born in

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on September 5, 1888. He graduated from the

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School of Law in Philadelphia in 1913. He worked as a professor of history and commerce in Philadelphia high schools from 1912 to 1925. In 1925 he moved to

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, and commenced the practice of law. He served as workmen's compensation referee for eastern Pennsylvania in 1929. Ditter was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third from the 17th District of Pennsylvania and to the five succeeding Congresses. During his years in Washington, Ditter served on the House Committee on Appropriations. He also was a member of the subcommittee on Navy Department appropriation bills, and at the time of his death was ranking minority member. He served until his death in an airplane crash near

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. He is buried in ''Whitemarsh Memorial Cemetery'' in

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. His son, John William Ditter Jr. was a federal judge, serving on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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was named for him.

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