Golder, Benjamin Martin, 1891-1946

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li>11/05/1940 PA - District 04 Lost 36.05% (-26.99%)</li>
<li>11/04/1930 PA - District 04 Won 78.03% (+57.21%)</li>
<li>11/06/1928 PA - District 04 Won 61.19% (+23.06%)</li>
<li>11/02/1926 PA - District 04 Won 82.94% (+68.74%)</li>
<li>11/04/1924 PA - District 04 Won 77.77% (+61.82%)</li>
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<p>Benjamin Martin Golder (December 23, 1891 – December 30, 1946) was Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>Benjamin Golder was born in Alliance, New Jersey (near Vineland, New Jersey). He moved with his parents to Philadelphia in 1893. He graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1913.</p>

<p>He enlisted in the Naval Aviation Service during World War I and was honorably discharged as ensign after the Armistice. He became a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, serving from 1916 to 1924.</p>

GOLDER, Benjamin Martin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Alliance, near Vineland, Cumberland County, N.J., December 23, 1891; moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1893; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1913; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; enlisted in the Naval Aviation Service during the First World War and was honorably discharged as ensign after the armistice; member of the State house of representatives 1916-1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932 and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia, Pa.; commissioned a captain in the United States Army on February 5, 1943, and served until discharged as a lieutenant colonel July 1, 1945; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in the banking business; died December 30, 1946, at Philadelphia, Pa.; interment in Mount Sinai Cemetery.