Biography

07/06/1855 - 03/07/1893


GAVITT, Sylvester, Jr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, West Brandywine, Chester County, Pa., on July 6, 1855; graduated, Central High School; lawyer; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1883 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1885 term; died, March 7, 1893 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Monument Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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