Biography

09/01/1854 - 12/04/1920


SLATER, John F., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 1, 1854 in Churchtown, Lancaster County, Pa.; butcher; officer, Philadelphia Police Department (1877-1896, 1902-1918); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1897-1898); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1898 and 1900; resigned from the House, February 27, 1902; died, December 4, 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
 


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