John McCarthy
John McCarthy
Sessions
Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
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1856 | Representative | Democrat | ||
Counties | Philadelphia |
Biography
1815 - 05/04/1886
McCARTHY, John, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1815 in Ireland; tailor; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1856 term; elected, chief commissioner on highways, Philadelphia (1856); president, Democratic County Executive Committee (1861); employed, carpet mill; unsuccessful campaign, city controller, Philadelphia (1868); died, May 24, 1886 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
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