Biography

09/09/1859 - 05/18/1910

Thomas Buckman Harper, Sr. (R12) Montgomery County 1909-1910

Early Life:

Thomas Buckman Harper, Sr., born September 9, 1859, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; son of Charles and Mary Buckman Harper; Abington Friends’ School; Friends’ Central School, Philadelphia; elected, council of Jenkinstown borough, 1873; elected burgess, four terms; married, Margaret M. Carrell, 1879, children, Carroll W. Harper, William Carrell Harper, Mabel Harper, Mary Elizabeth Harper, Grace Harper, Aimee Grace Stewart, Thomas Buckman Harper, Jr.; occupation, contractor, builder of water works; organized, president, treasurer, Tioga Steel Forge Company, Philadelphia, 1898-1909; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1910; died, May 18, 1910 (aged 50), in office of the Senate, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Occupation, contractor, builder of water works; organized, president, treasurer, Tioga Steel Forge Company, Philadelphia, 1898-1909. 

Member, Peace and Love Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Jenkintown.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, council of Jenkinstown borough, 1873, at the expiration of his term, elected burgess, last burgess under the old law, and the first under the new law, served his fourth term in that capacity. 

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1909-1910; vacancy, death, Algernon Brooke Roberts; committee assignments, Education, Exposition Affairs, Judiciary General Public Roads and Highways; died, in office of the Senate, May 18, 1910.

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages, 993, 1000-1003.

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