Biography

02/09/1798 - 11/27/1879


ZIMMERMAN, Michael, a Representative from Somerset County; born, February 9, 1798 in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, Pa.; farmer; elected, commissioner, Somerset County (1832); elected, justice of the peace, Somerset County (1840, 1854-1855); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1844; elected, associate judge, Somerset County (1856-1865); died, November 27, 1879 in Stoystown, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  


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