Biography

12/20/1810 - 09/19/1872

SHATTUCK, William Porth, a Representative from Crawford County; born, December 20, 1810 in New Haven, New Haven County, Ct.; railroad contractor; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1844 term; not a candidate or reelection to the House for the 1845 term; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1847); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1850); merchant (1867-1872); died, September 19, 1872 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.