Biography

04/10/1887 - 01/11/1972


STERLING, Philip, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, April 10, 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Central High School, 1906; graduated, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1910; lawyer, Sterling & Willing; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1917 term; reelected to the House for 8 consecutive terms thereafter; appointed, chair, Pennsylvania Parole Commission (1927-1930); not a candidate for reelection to the House (1934); died, January 11, 1972 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 
 


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