Biography

12/20/1860 - 11/17/1924

EMERY, John P, a Representative from Venango County; born in Franklin, Venango County, Pa., December 20, 1860; attended public schools; apprentice machinist (15 years); employed, W. N. Emery & Son, machine company; elected, council, Franklin (3 years); member, Venango County Republican Committee (chair, 1898); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican to serve the 1901 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1903 term; retail grocery merchant; elected, mayor, Franklin (1907-1920); died, November 17, 1924; interred, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.