Biography

06/24/1821 - 12/27/1891


LEECH, Isaac, Jr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 24, 1821 in Kingsessing Township (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa.; innkeeper, Sorell Horse Inn, Kingsessing Township; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1852 and 1853 terms; chairman, Democratic County Convention (1861, 1869); elected, school director, Philadelphia (1862); president, Democratic City Executive Committee (1872-1879); real estate assessor, Philadelphia; died, December 27, 1891 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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