Biography

09/17/1811 - 03/01/1878


SALTER, Heliacal A., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, September 17, 1811 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; lawyer; elected as a Native American to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1844; director, Commonwealth Gold and Silver Mining Company of Nevada; died, March 1, 1878 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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