Biography

1814 - 09/04/1879


SUTPHIN, Luke V., Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1814 in New Jersey; carpenter; elected, alderman, 12th Ward, Philadelphia (1869-1870), elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1862, 1863 (Union Republican) and 1864; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1865); elected, police magistrate, 11th District, Philadelphia (1874-1879); died, September 4, 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Palmer Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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