Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: williamsport , pennsylvania - preceded: charles f. wright horace b. packer - party: republican - death date: 29 february 1918 - district: 15th pennsylvania 's 16th congressional district - term end: march 3 , 1904 march 3 , 1903 - succeeded: william b. wilson charles h. dickerman - term start: march 4 , 1903 march 4 , 1901 - state: pennsylvania pennsylvania - name: elias deemer - birth date: 03 january 1838 - birth place: durham , pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elias deemer .
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elias deemer -lrb- january 3 , 1838 -- march 29 , 1918 -rrb- was a republican member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania .