Biography

07/18/1853 - 10/25/1917

PITCAIRN, Andrew Jackson, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, July 18, 1853 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; employed, tobacco factory (1 year); telegraph clerk, Pennsylvania Railroad (7 years); deputy clerk, sheriff’s office, Pittsburgh (3 years); passenger brakeman, Pennsylvania Railroad (3 years); conductor, Pennsylvania Railroad (21 years); elected, council, Pittsburgh (1881-1896); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1896; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1898); elected, school director, eighth ward, Pittsburgh (1898-1899); superintendent, bureau of health, Pittsburgh (1901-1903); appointed, superintendent, bureau of city property, Pittsburgh (1903); appointed, chief assessor, Pittsburgh (1903-1906); professional billiards player; died, October 25, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.