Biography

1843 - 04/18/1891

MACKIN, Hugh E., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1843 in Ireland; hatter; restauranteur; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1876 and 1877; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1878); reelected to the House in 1880 and for 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1888); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1883); brewer; died, April 18, 1891 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.