Biography

08/08/1873 - 01/04/1941

HARRIGAN, John J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 8, 1873 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; employed, Western Union Telegraph Company; hose man and assistant foreman, Philadelphia Fire Department; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1906; resigned from the House, March 30, 1908; elected, select council, Philadelphia (1908-1909); tipstaff, criminal branch, Philadelphia Municipal Court (1911-1914); city magistrate, 5th District, Philadelphia (1914-1933); clerk, Quarter Sessions Court, Philadelphia (1933-1939); died, January 4, 1941 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.