Samuel P. Town
Samuel P. Town
Photo credit:
"Samuel Town: Then and Now." The Times [Frank McLaughlin] 03 Sep. 1899, 5.
Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881-1882 | Representative | Republican | ||
| Counties | Philadelphia | |||
Biography
02/24/1846 - 07/09/1937
TOWN, Samuel P., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, February 24, 1846 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Saint Joseph’s College (now Saint Joseph’s University), 1862; private, Company L, 181st Regiment, 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry (1864-1864, Civil War); printer; elected, select council, Philadelphia; elected, school director, Philadelphia; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1881 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1883 term; died, July 9, 1937 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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