Biography

1772 - 02/03/1853

KURTZ, John, a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, 1772 in Pennsylvania; hatter; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Somerset County (1807); elected, burgess, Somerset (1817); appointed, treasurer, Somerset County (1818-1821); elected, justice of the peace, Somerset County (1820-1821); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1822-1823 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House; appointed, associate judge, Somerset County (1823-1841); died, February 3, 1853 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.