Biography

01/06/1870 - 03/01/1949

MEHRING, John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 6, 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; book binder, business manager, Book Binders’ Union (1901-1907); appointed, deputy coroner, Philadelphia (1907-1916, 1917-1918); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1916 term; resigned from the House, July 31, 1917; reelected to the House in 1918; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1920); investigator, coroner’s office, Philadelphia (1920-1936); died, March 1, 1949 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.