David M. West

David M. West

Member

Photo credit:

McAtee, William, comp. Souvenir: Portraits and Biographies of the Members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania and Heads of Departments, Session of 1895. Harrisburg, Pa.: The Roshon Portrait Company, 1895.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1895-1896 Representative Republican
1897-1898 Representative Republican
Counties Berks

Biography

03/27/1855 - 12/08/1908


WEST, David McGowan, a Representative from Berks County; born, March 27, 1855 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; stove molding, Orr, Painter, & Co. of Reading; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1894 and 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); employed, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia; died, December 8, 1908 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, American Mechanics Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (defunct); removed to Philadelphia Memorial Park, Frazer, Chester County, Pennsylvania.


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