John Reber (February 1, 1858 – September 26, 1931) was a Republican member of the

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. John Reber was born in

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. He graduated from the

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, in 1875. He taught school for several years and was later employed as a bookkeeper. He served as deputy county treasurer of

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from 1882 to 1884. He was engaged in the manufacture of hosiery in

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, from 1885 to 1917 and also interested in banking. Reber was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses. He served as Chairman of the

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during the Sixty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. Following his congressional career, he resumed banking activities in Pottsville, eventually serving as president of the Reber Investment Co. He died in Pottsville and is interred in the

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American bankers Burials at Charles Baber Cemetery Politicians from Pottsville, Pennsylvania 1858 births 1931 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub