Biography


WHARTON, John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; lawyer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1858 term, not a candidate for reelection; chair, Democratic County Convention (1861, 1866); superintendent, Nickel Mine Smelting Works.


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