Biography

07/03/1820 - 09/19/1889

McMANUS, Francis, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 3, 1820 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa.; carpenter and builder; elected, commissioner, Old Richmond District, Philadelphia; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1856-1858); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861; reelected to the House in 1862 and 1863; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1864); organizer and president; Mechanic’s Insurance Company; manager, Beneficial Savings Fund; died, September 19, 1889 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.