Biography

12/12/1896 -


TRENT, Thomas P., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 12, 1896 in Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va.; attended, Christiansburg Industrial School for Tailoring; merchant tailor; deputy coroner, Philadelphia (1936-1942); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1942, Special Election); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1943 and 1945 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1947 term.
 


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