Biography

02/21/1885 - 03/14/1920


RORKE, William F., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, February 21, 1884 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Central High School; graduated, University of Pennsylvania Law School; lawyer (1908-1920); member, 13th Ward Republican Committee; assistant city solicitor, Philadelphia (1916); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1919 term; died while in office, March 14, 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
 


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