Biography

04/04/1832 - 10/26/1895


JOSEPHS, Samuel A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, April 4, 1832 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; engraver; bank note engraver, United States Mint, Department of Treasury, Philadelphia; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1862 term; reelected to the House for 12 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1875 term; elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1876, 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892); contractor; unsuccessful campaign, United States marshall, Eastern District of Pa. (1884); died, October 26, 1895 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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