Biography

03/04/1855 - 12/18/1915


CRUISE, John Henry, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 4, 1855 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; bookkeeper, lumber business; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a Special Election in November, 1891; reelected to serve for 2 more consecutive terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1896); died, December 18, 1915 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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