Biography

04/05/1886


SMITH, Charles,  a Representative from Philadelphia County; collector, city water department, Philadelphia; firefighter and secretary, Moyamensing Hose Company; president, Lafayette Literary Institute; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1859 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1860 term; unsuccessful campaign, city commissioner, Philadelphia (1860); house builder; Inspector, Board of Alderman, Philadelphia (1873); elected, school director, Philadelphia (1876); died, April 5, 1886 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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