Biography

09/27/1835 - 02/26/1908


MITCHELL, James S., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 27, 1835 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; bricklayer; butcher; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878 and 1880; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1882); harbor master; died, February 26, 1908 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.


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