Philander Stephens

Philander Stephens

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1824-1825 Representative Democrat
1825-1826 Representative Democrat
1826-1827 Representative Democrat
Counties Luzerne, Susquehanna

Biography

1788 - 05/15/1861


STEPHENS, Philander, a Representative from Luzerne and Susquehanna Counties; born, 1788 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.; elected, coroner, Susquehanna County (1815-1817); elected, commissioner, Susquehanna County (1818-1820); elected, sheriff, Susquehanna County (1821-1823); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825, 1825-1826 and 1826-1827 terms; elected, United States Congress (1828-1832); farmer; died, May 15, 1861 in Springville, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred, Stephens Burying Ground, Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania


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