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Charles E. Dietrich

Charles E. Dietrich
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by Louis T. McFadden
Succeeded by Albert G. Rutherford
Personal details
Born (1889-07-30)July 30, 1889
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Died May 20, 1942(1942-05-20) (aged 52)
Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic

Charles Elmer Dietrich (July 30, 1889 – May 20, 1942) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles E. Dietrich was born in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1907. He owned and operated a theater from 1914 to 1942. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits from 1924 to 1942. He served as prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, from 1920 to 1935. He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention.

Dietrich was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He resumed former business pursuits, and died in Tunkhannock. Interment in Sunnyside Cemetery.


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