Biography

1791 - 08/16/1874

ARTHURS, John, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, 1791 in Ireland; proprietor, Warden & Arthurs, steam engine manufacturers; proprietor, Arthurs & Nicolson, stove and metal manufacturers; proprietor, Stewart, Preston, & Co., steam engine manufacturers; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1830-1831 term; appointed, Speaker pro tempore (1830-1831); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1831); director, Pittsburgh Navigation and Fire Insurance Company (1832); elected, common council, Pittsburgh (1834); died, August 16, 1874 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.