Biography

06/29/1861 - 07/27/1948


SWEENEY, John J., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, June 29, 1861 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; elected, common council, Pittsburgh (1893-1901); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1902); police magistrate, Pittsburgh (1913-1922, 1927-1934); died, July 27, 1948 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
 


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