Christian Charles Kauffman, born April 17, 1857, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of Christian Shuman and Jane McClung StricklerKauffman; Shoemaker’s Academy, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Massachusetts; admitted, Lancaster County bar; attorney, 1878-1936; solicitor, Columbia School district, Columbia Lace Company and Columbia Silk Mills; president, general manager, Columbia Iron Works; president, New Haven Iron and Steel Company; general manager, Schuylkill Haven Iron Company; director, Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company; director, Pennsylvania Forestry Association; elected, solicitor, Columbia; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887-1889; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1890; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1895-1896; bond salesman; married, Margaret R. Wilson, daughter, Helen Kauffman; died, July 26, 1936, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

Elected, solicitor, Columbia, Lancaster County. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1887 and 1889; not a candidate for reelection, 1890. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1890. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 14th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1895-1898; committee assignments, Compare Bills, Education, Federal Relations, Forestry, Game and Fisheries (Chairman), Judiciary (General), Military Affairs. 

Father, Christian Shuman, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Lancaster (Part) County, 1879-1882.

Brother-in-law, James Wilson Lee, Pennsylvania State Senate, 48th district, Venango and Warren Counties, 1879-1886.

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