Biography

1817 - 11/18/1870

WATT, William W., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1817 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; city tax collector, Philadelphia; elected as a Union Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1864 term; reelected to the House as a Republican for 4 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1869 term; manufacturer; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1870); died in the office of Senate, November 18, 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.