HORATIO P. CONNELL

CONNELL, Horatio P., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 30, 1840 in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa.; civil engineer; appointed, sergeant-at-arms, Pennsylvania State Senate (1881-1882); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1882; reelected to serve for 3 more consecutive terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); elected, sheriff, Philadelphia County (1891-1894); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1898); died, January 10, 1927 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.