Biography

07/04/1793 - 08/23/1853

MATHER, Joseph T., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, July 4, 1793 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; merchant; elected as a National Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 and 1834-1835 terms; manager, Schuylkill Navigation Company (1834-1838); elected, elections inspector, dock ward, Philadelphia (1835-1836); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1836); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1836-1837); director, Bank of the Northern Liberties (1843-1851); elected, delegate, State Whig Convention (1844); died, August 23, 1853 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.