Biography

1792 - 07/11/1862

FOULKROD, John Bouderman, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1792 in Montgomery County, Pa.; first lieutenant, Second Brigade, First Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1814-1815, War of 1812); farmer; surveyor; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1820, 1829); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1827-1828 and 1828-1829 terms; school director, Oxford, Philadelphia County (1830-1832); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1840); justice of the peace, Oxford, Philadelphia County (1840); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1844-1846); appointed, surveyor, Philadelphia County (1849); unsuccessful campaign, surveyor, Philadelphia County (1850); appointed, prison inspector, Philadelphia (1856-1862); died, July 11, 1862 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.