Biography

02/24/1783 - 06/08/1868

KUHNS, John, a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, February 24, 1783; innkeeper; engaged, real estate; elected, auditor, Westmoreland County (1817-1819); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1819); elected, coroner, Westmoreland County (1821-1823); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1830-1831 and 1832-1833 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1833-1834 term; vice president, State Democratic Convention (1835); unsuccessful campaign, high constable, Greensburg (1849); died, June 8, 1868 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.