Biography

10/20/1798 - 04/19/1872

BIRD, David, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 20, 1798 in Pennsylvania; morocco dresser; unsuccessful campaign, judge, Northern Liberties (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County (1841); elected, school director, Northern Liberties (1843-1846, 1850); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1846 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1847 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1849); died, April 19, 1872 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Doylestown Cemetery, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania