Biography

1798 - 02/24/1868

CARPENTER, Miles N., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, circa 1798 in Germantown (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa.; engaged, real estate; secretary, Girard Bank (1832); elected, director, Spring Garden (now Philadelphia) schools (1832); manager, Northern Liberties & Penn Township Railroad Company (1833); president, Spring Garden Insurance Company (1835); elected, commissioner, Spring Garden (1836-1837); treasurer, board of health, Philadelphia County (1836); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1837-1838 and 1838-1839 terms; elected, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1839); appointed, notary public, Philadelphia (1841); appointed, Inspector, Delaware Wharves (1847); grocer; chair, County Democratic Committee (1852); elected, alderman, Philadelphia (1855); elected, assessor, Philadelphia (1856); died, February 24, 1868 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.