Biography

01/13/1835 - 01/01/1875


LEONARD, Wesley B., a Representative from Carbon and Monroe Counties; born, January 13, 1835 in New York; lawyer (1861-1875); elected, District Attorney, Carbon County (1865-1869); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1870 and 1871 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1872 term; revenue assessor, Monroe County (1873-1874); died, January 1, 1875 in Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.


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