Biography

10/22/1898 - 02/02/1954

LOFTUS, Cornelius John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 22, 1898 in New York City, New York County, NY; served, United States Army (World War I); salesman, American Multigraph Sales Company, Philadelphia (1919-1924); employed, various city departments, Philadelphia (1924-1952); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1945 term; reelected and served 3 more consecutive terms; appointed, Joint Legislative Committee on Public Library Service (1947-1948); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1952); died, February 2, 1954 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Carmel Cemetery, Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey.