Biography

01/22/1764 - 09/21/1838


GORGAS, Solomon, a Representative from Cumberland County; born, January 22, 1764 in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa.; farmer; tall clock maker; store and hotel proprietor; elected, commissioner, Cumberland County (1818-1820); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1821-1822 and 1822-1823 terms; died, September 21, 1838 in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Camp Hill Cemetery, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 


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