GEORGE T. THORN

Philadelphia City (1849, 1857), Philadelphia County (1859, 1868)

THORN, George T., a Representative from Philadelphia City and Philadelphia County; born, October of 1824 in Princeton, Mercer County, NJ; printer; clerk, United States Customs Service, Philadelphia; clerk, office of the mayor, Philadelphia; harbor mast, port of Philadelphia (6 years); member, board of pardons, Philadelphia; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1849 term; reelected to the House as a Unionist to serve the 1857 term; reelected to the House as a People’s Party Republican to serve the 1859 term; reelected to the House as a Republican to serve the 1868 term; died while in office, May 10, 1868 in the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Odd Fellows Cemetery (defunct), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.