Biography

07/19/1814 - 10/10/1860


PRATT, Henry Charles, II, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 19, 1814 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; proprietor, general store; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1849 term; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1849, 1852, 1856); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1854); trustee, Fire Association of Philadelphia; died, October 10, 1860 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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