Biography

08/05/1871 - 12/15/1934

MacIVER, Joseph, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 5, 1871 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; telegraph operator, Western Union; employed, Postal Telegraph Cable Company; detective, District Attorney’s office, Philadelphia County; member, school board, 39th Ward, Philadelphia; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1898, 1900, and 1902; resigned from the House, May 5, 1903; deputy receiver of taxes, Philadelphia; died, December 15, 1934 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fernwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.