Biography

10/09/1835 - 07/06/1892

QUIGLEY, George A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 9, 1835 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; clerk, United States Post Office, Philadelphia (1858-1860); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1862 term; reelected to serve 5 more consecutive terms; reelected to the House for the 1871 term; clerk, office of the mayor, Philadelphia (1878-1881); reelected again for the 1889 and 1891 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1868 or 1872 terms; died while in office, July 6, 1892 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.