Biography

06/19/1812 - 05/05/1864

DUFFIELD, Thomas Wilmerton, Jr., a Representative from Philadelphia County, born, June 19, 1812 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; attended, law, University of Pennsylvania (1828-1830); lawyer (1837-1864); elected, secretary, Pennsylvania Whig State Conventions; assistant clerk, common council, Philadelphia (1846-1847); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1856-1858); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1860 term; unseated by contest, January 23, 1860; reelected to the House for the 1861 and 1862 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1863 term; clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention; elected, school director; died, May 5, 1864 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Presbyterian Church of Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.