Biography

1796 - 04/18/1867

HASSINGER, David Stanley, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, 1796 in Pennsylvania; lawyer (1819-1867), engaged, real estate; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829 and 1829-1830 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1830-1835); vice-president, Democratic State Convention (1833); gubernatorial appointee, alderman, Philadelphia (1835-1836); trustee, Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College) (1836); elected, prison inspector, Philadelphia (1836); member, Democratic County Convention (1847); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1856); died, April 18, 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.