Biography

1787 - 1869

MYER, Isaac, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, circa 1787 in New Jersey; builder; engaged, real estate; member, Walnut Ward Whig Committee; elected, inspector, Walnut Ward, Philadelphia (1830-1834); unsuccessful campaign, common council, Philadelphia (1830, 1831, 1840); director, 1st school district of Philadelphia (1830); elected, delegate, National Whig Convention (1831, 1836); secretary, Builders Committee of Philadelphia (1834); director, Philadelphia Ice Company (1835); Guardian of the Poor, Philadelphia; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1841 term; appointed, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1841); agent, Girard Estate; died, 1869 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.