Peter Filbert
Peter Filbert
Biography
06/06/1793 - 05/28/1864
FILBERT, Peter Oswald, a Representative from Berks County; born, June 6, 1793 in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; attorney (1831-1864); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to serve the 1840 term; elected, burgess, Reading; elected, mayor, Reading (1847-1848); unsuccessful campaign for reelection as mayor (1849); appointed, Deputy Attorney General, Berks County (1847-1848); Deputy Attorney General, Pennsylvania (1863-1864); died, May 28, 1864 in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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