Biography

09/20/1886 -


BRISLIN, James W., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pa., September 20, 1886; attended, Villanova College; graduated, Keuka College, 1912; professional baseball player, Michigan State League, Lansing (1912); clerk, Wilkes-Barre City Hall; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1918; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1920, 1922, 1928, 1932).
 


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