Biography

04/17/1849 - 01/26/1912


SCHMIDT, George, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, April 17, 1849 in Germany; cabinet maker; proprietor, Schmidt Furniture, furniture and carpet business; trustee, St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum; elected, common council, Philadelphia (4 terms); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1908 and 1910; died while in office, January 26, 1912 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
 


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