Biography

1815 -


FORSYTH, John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Ireland, circa 1815; butcher; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat for the 1870 term; elected, member, Resident Committee, National Democratic Convention, Philadelphia (1872) elected, Democratic State Convention (1882).


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