Biography

03/24/1747 - 09/14/1836

SHARSWOOD, James, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, March 24, 1747; served, Philadelphia City Militia (Revolutionary War); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1799, 1805, 1806, 1807); elected, assessor, South Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia (1800); elected, select council, Philadelphia (1801-1802); unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Philadelphia County (1803); chair, Democratic-Republican Committee, South Mulberry Ward (1803); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican for the 1804-1805 term; died, September 14, 1836 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill East Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.