Biography

05/22/1796 - 09/17/1838


THOMAS, Evan William, Jr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, May 22, 1796 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1823); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1829-1830 term; elected, school director, Philadelphia (1829-1837); commissioner, West Philadelphia Rail Road Company (1835): died, September 17, 1838 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Church of Saint James (Episcopal), Kingsessing, Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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