Biography

08/07/1809 - 05/16/1860


DEAL, Joseph, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, August 7, 1809 in Pennsylvania; mason; elected, assistant burgess, Frankford (now Philadelphia) (1835); elected, chief burgess, Frankford; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1843 and 1844 terms; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the House for the 1845 term; elected, school director, Frankford; elected, council, Frankford (1849); died May 16, 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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