Biography

06/09/1814 - 03/21/1889


SOUDER, William Henry, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 9, 1814 in Pennsylvania; bricklayer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1849, 1850, and 1851; lieutenant, police department, Philadelphia (1850-1870); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1871, 1876); bank clerk; died, March 21, 1889 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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