Biography

03/27/1880 - 04/20/1936

EMLEN, Samuel, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 27, 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Pa.; attended, Germantown Friends School; employed, Lehigh Valley Railroad; proprietor, Emlen and Company Real Estate; trustee, Bryn Mawr College; treasurer, Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Germantown; Director, Germantown Trust Company; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1926; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1928); elected, city council, Philadelphia (1934-1936); died, April 20, 1936 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.