Background
Lichtenwalner, Norton Lewis was born on June 1, 1889 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Fred H. and Jennie H. (Seiple) Lichtenwalner.
United States representative politician
Lichtenwalner, Norton Lewis was born on June 1, 1889 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Fred H. and Jennie H. (Seiple) Lichtenwalner.
He graduated from Allentown High School (now known as William Allen High School) in 1905 and Bethlehem Preparatory School in 1906. He attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
In 1908, he moved to New York City and was employed in a banking institution. He returned to Allentown in 1915 and engaged in the retail furniture business until 1922, and then in the retailing of automobiles until 1933. During the First World War, Lichtenwalner enlisted as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve.
Lichtenwalner was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. After his time in congress, he became State director for the Pennsylvania National Emergency Council from 1935 to 1941, and State director of Office of Government Reports in 1941 and 1942.
In 1949 he was elected to the Allentown City Council for one term and in 1955 he was elected treasurer of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania for one term. He died in Allentown, and is buried in Fairview Cemetery.
Member 72d Congress (1931-1933), 14th Pennsylvania District. Member of the United States Naval Reserve, Warld War. Member International Rotary.
Mason (32 degree, Shriner), Elk.
Clubs: Lehigh Valley Motor (secretary), Livingston (Allentown).
Married Anna East. Koch, October 15, 1912.