Biography

01/29/1848 - 11/25/1920

LAUGHLIN, William James, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 29, 1848 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, Company E, 183rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (1864, Civil War); clerk, Registry of Wills office, Philadelphia; elected, school board of Philadelphia, 16th district (1900-1903); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1903 term; resigned from the House, April 30, 1903; reelected to the House for the 1905 term; resigned from the House, May 31, 1905; died, November 25, 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Peace Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.