Biography

08/02/1796 - 11/18/1870

CRAFT, James S., a Representative from Allegheny County; born, August 2, 1796 in Burlington, Burlington County, NJ; lawyer; engaged, real estate; president, Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1829-1830 and 1830-1831 terms; secretary, Pennsylvania Navigation and Fire Insurance Company; president, Farmers and Mechanics; Turnpike Company; unsuccessful campaign, judge, Allegheny County (1851); commissioner, Pittsburgh Bridge Company; died, November 18, 1870 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.