Biography

10/08/1856 - 02/22/1945

HESS, Frederick Henry, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 8, 1856 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; carpet manufacturer and salesman; member, 17th Ward  Republican Executive Committee; delegate, Republican State Convention (1886, 1888, 1889, and 1897); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1900; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); clerk, commissioner's office, Philadelphia County; clerk, city tax office, Philadelphia; died, February 22, 1945 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.