Biography

02/04/1857 - 05/25/1916

RICHMOND, Joseph Gilmore, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, February 4, 1857 in Yonkers, Westchester County, NY; grocer; elected, delegate, Republican State Convention; director, Young Republicans of Pennsylvania; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; reelected to the House for 2 more consecutive terms; resigned from the House, December 7, 1893; elected, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1894-1900); died, May 25, 1916 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.