Biography

1805 - 05/06/1863

ENGLISH, William, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1805 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; mechanic; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1834); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1835); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1836-1837 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1837-1838 term; elected, school director, Southwark, Philadelphia County (1840); appointed, assistant to the Chief Marshal for the funeral procession of President William Henry Harrison (1841); member, Democratic State Central Committee (1841); appointed, weighmaster, Pennsylvania Canal, Philadelphia (1842-1845); elections judge, Spring Garden (1846); appointed, superintendent of machines and repairs, Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad (1847-1850); died, May 6, 1863 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (defunct); removed to, Glenwood Memorial Gardens, Broomall, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.