In 1908, Lichtenwalner moved to
New York City, where he was employed by E. Naumburg & Co., a banking company. He returned to Allentown in 1915, where he worked in the retail furniture business until 1922, and then in automobile retail industry until 1933. During
World War I, Lichtenwalner enlisted as a seaman in the
U.S. Navy Reserve. Lichtenwalner was elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-second Congress. He lost his reelection bid in 1932 and then 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, where he served for one term. In 1955, he was elected treasurer of
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, for one term. ==Death==