Biography

07/11/1788 - 09/18/1852

GEBHART, John, Jr., a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, July 11, 1788 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; farmer; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Somerset County (1814); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825, 1825-1826, 1826-1827, 1828-1829, 1830-1831, 1831-1832 and 1835-1836 terms; elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Democratic Convention (1826, 1829); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Turnpike Convention (1833); gubernatorial appointee, Secretary of the Land Office (1836-1839); wholesale grocer, Pittsburgh (1844-1849); unsuccessful campaign, mayor, Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh) (1846); director, Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company (1847-1849); elected, select council, Allegheny City; engaged, real estate; died, September 18, 1852 in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.