Biography

04/08/1823 - 09/03/1903

Andrew Armstrong Purman, Sr.  (D24) Fayette, Greene and Westmoreland Counties 1870-1871 (D25) Fayette and Greene Counties 1872

Early Life:

Andrew Armstrong Purman, Sr., born April 8, 1823, Short Creek, Ohio County, Virginia, (West Virginia); son of John James Purman II and Barbara Burns Purman; moved, with family, Greene County, Pennsylvania, 1833; Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, Greene County; read law, with Honorable Samuel Clenenger, of Waynesburg; attorney; admitted bar, 1849; school director, fifteen years, borough council; married, Mary Ann Russell, 1856, children, Thomas Purman, John Purman, Lyde Purman, James J. Purman, Alexander Purman, Elizabeth Purman, Andrew Armstrong, Purman, Jr., William Purman, Leah Purman; elected, District Attorney Greene County, Pennsylvania, 1856-1859; unsuccessful campaign, President Judge of Fourteenth district, 1865; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate of Pennsylvania, 1870-1872; elected, delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872-1873; engaged, lumber, banking; died, September 3, 1903 (aged 80); interment, Green Mount Cemetery, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

School director, fifteen years, borough council.

Elected, District Attorney Greene County, Pennsylvania, 1856-1859.

Unsuccessful campaign, President Judge of Fourteenth district, 1865, by one vote.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate of Pennsylvania, 24th district, Fayette, Greene and Westmoreland Counties, 1870-1871; Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate of Pennsylvania, 25th district, Fayette and Greene Counties, 1872; committee assignments, Congressional Apportionment, Finance, Private Claims and Damages.

Elected, delegate, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872-1873; member, Legislation and Corporation Committees. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1872). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 502, 506-508.

Andrew Armstrong Purman Sr. (1823-1903) - Find a Grave Memorial

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