Biography

1816 - 11/13/1881

MARKS, James N., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1816; druggist; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1866 and 1867 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1868 terms; board member, Guardians of the Poor, Philadelphia; reelected to the House for the 1872 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1873 term; elected, president, Pharmaceutical Examining Board (1873); unsuccessful campaign, city council, Philadelphia (1876); elected, school board, Philadelphia; died, November 13, 1881 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.