Biography

1822 - 07/25/1871


MEANY, John J., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, circa 1822 in Pennsylvania; engaged, real estate; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1853 term; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1854-1855); unsuccessful campaign, State Treasurer (1858); elected, school board, Philadelphia; died, July 25, 1871 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 


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