Biography

1814 - 02/02/1887


McMAKIN, John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1814 in New Jersey; merchant; elected, common council, Philadelphia; elected, select council, Philadelphia (1860-1861); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1861; unsuccessful campaign as a Democrat for reelection to the House (1862); school director, sixth ward, Philadelphia; contractor; died, February 2, 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.


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