{{Short description|American politician (1815–1910)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lewis M. Motter | image = Lewis M. Motter (1914) (cropped).png | alt = | caption = Motter in a 1914 publication | state_delegate = Maryland | district = Frederick County | term_start = 1854 | term_end = 1856 | alongside = William T. Gittings, James J. Johnson, William E. Salmon, William C. Sappington, David Thomas | predecessor = William P. Anderson, James M. Coale, George W. Ent, James M. Geyer, John Lee, Davis Richardson | successor = Lawrence J. Brengle, James S. Carper, James L. Davis, Daniel Grove, Peter Hauver, William N. Wolfe | birth_name = Lewis Martin Motter | birth_date = {{birth date|1815|2|6}} | birth_place = Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1910|4|27|1815|2|6}} | death_place = Emmitsburg, Maryland, U.S. | resting_place = Lutheran Cemetery | party = Whig<br />Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Alice Rudisel|1840}} | children = 8 | relatives = Joshua Motter (brother) | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{hlist|Politician|tanner|farmer}} | signature = }}
'''Lewis Martin Motter''' (February 6, 1815 – April 27, 1910) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1854 to 1856.
==Early life== Lewis Martin Motter was born on February 6, 1815, in Emmitsburg, Maryland, to Mary M. (née Martin) and Lewis Motter. He was raised in Emmitsburg.<ref name="history">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffrederi0002will/page/1416/mode/2up |title=History of Frederick County, Maryland |volume=2 |last1=Williams |first1=T. J. C. |last2=McKinsey |first2=Folger |publisher=L. R. Titsworth & Co. |year=1979 |pages=1416–1417 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-03-19}}</ref><ref name="bio">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph01chap_0/page/n291/mode/2up |title=Portrait and Biographical Record of the Sixth Congressional District, Maryland |year=1898 |publisher=Chapman Publishing Company |pages=187–188 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-03-19}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==Career== At the age of 23, Motter took over the family's tannery after the death of his father. He also took over the family's homestead and worked as a farmer.<ref name="history"/><ref name="bio"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-lewis-m-motter-dead-a/143669142/ |title=Lewis M. Motter |date=1910-04-29 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-19}}{{Open access}}</ref> From 1849 to 1863, he was a stockholder and director of Bank of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He also served as director of the Gettysburg National Bank from 1864 to 1903.<ref name="history"/><ref name="bio"/><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historybankgett00mcshgoog/page/n136/mode/2up |title=History of Bank of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg National Bank of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |last=McSherry |first=William |year=1914 |publisher=The Gettysburg National Bank |page=103 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-03-20}}{{Open access}}</ref>
Motter was a Whig.<ref name="history"/> He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1854 to 1856.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/frhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2010-01-04 |access-date=2024-03-19}}</ref> After the Civil War, he affiliated with the Democratic Party.<ref name="history"/>
==Personal life== Motter married Alice Rudisel, daughter of Ludwig Rudisel, of Taneytown in 1840. They had eight children, Joshua S., Isaac M., Lewis Edwin, Carrie May, Grace, Ellen, Alice and William.<ref name="history"/><ref name="bio"/> His son Isaac was a minister of the Reformed Church and school commissioner in Frederick.<ref name="history"/> His sister Elizabeth married Andrew Annan, his brother William was a judge of the circuit court and his brother Joshua was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.<ref name="history"/><ref name="bio"/>
Motter died on April 27, 1910, at his home in Emmitsburg.<ref name="history"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-citizen-mr-lewis-m-motter-dead-29/143669177/ |title=Mr. Lewis M. Motter Dead |date=1910-04-29 |newspaper=The Citizen |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-19}}{{Open access}}</ref> He was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-citizen-funeral-of-the-late-mr-lewi/143669160/ |title=Funeral of the Late Mr. Lewis M. Motter |date=1910-05-06 |newspaper=The Citizen |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-19}}{{Open access}}</ref>
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