Member Biography

Levi Foulkrod 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1854       2 Democrat

COUNTIES: Philadelphia  


Biography

03/11/1817 - 12/21/1854


Levi Foulkrod (D2) Philadelphia County 1854

Early Life:

Levi Foulkrod, born March 8, 1817, Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, son of John and Mahala Lukens Foulkrod; married, Jane Adams Barnhurst, son, Daniel Foulkrod; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1854; died, December 21, 1854 (aged 37), in the office of the Senate, at home, Frankford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia County, 1854; died, December 21, 1854 (aged 43), in the office of the Senate.

Legacy:

Father, John Foulkrod, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Philadelphia County, 1844-1846.

John Bouderman Foulkrod  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F"Wilkes University Election Statistics Project Wilkes University.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) December 22, 1854.

Levi Foulkrod (1817-1854) - Find a Grave Memorial