Biography

1812 - 01/26/1887

PAINTER, John S., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, circa 1812 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; dentist; unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Kensington (now Philadelphia) (1838); builder; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1841 and 1842 terms; elected, school director, Kensington (1843-1848); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House as a Nativist (1854); appointed, tax collector, 20th Ward, Philadelphia (1863); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1862-1865); judge of elections, 23rd Ward, Philadelphia (1873); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1878); died, January 26, 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.