Biography

08/20/1830 - 11/24/1866


IRISH, Elias H., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, August 20, 1830; B.A., law, Washington College (now Washington and Jefferson College); lawyer (1854-1865); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1859 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1860 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1861-1862); died, November 24, 1866 in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.


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