Biography

10/12/1856 - 05/22/1935

CROTHERS, Samuel, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 12, 1856 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; stone cutter; engaged, real estate; elected, common council, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1890; reelected to serve for 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); elected, president, select council, Philadelphia (1906-1907); died, May 22, 1935 in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.