Biography

12/31/1821 - 04/01/1907

FINLETTER, Thomas Knight, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, December 31, 1821 in Pennsylvania; attended, Lafayette College, 1838; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, 1843; LL.D., Jefferson College, 1871; attorney (1845-1907); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1847 and 1849; elected, school director, Philadelphia (1849-1854); appointed, assistant city solicitor, Philadelphia (1860-1865); elected, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia (1870-1906); appointed, prothonotary, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia (1906-1907); died, April 1, 1907 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.