Biography

02/18/1813 - 02/25/1875

Philadelphia City (1846, 1848-1850), Philadelphia County (1855)

STEEL, Thomas C., a Representative from Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County; born, February 18, 1813 in Pennsylvania; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1844); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1846, 1848, 1849 and 1850 terms; reelected to the House as a Whig American for the 1855 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1853 term; tax collector, Philadelphia (1861); elected, delegate, Philadelphia County Convention; died, February 25, 1875 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.