Member Biography

James Skinner 

James Skinner 

Skinner on left

 

Sessions Office Position District Party
1853       20 Whig
1864       20 Whig
1865       20 Whig

COUNTIES: Crawford, Erie  


Biography

03/16/1809 - 09/12/1878

James Skinner (Whig20) Crawford and Erie Counties 1853-1855

Early Life:

James Skinner, born March 16, 1809, Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania; son of Thomas and Jane Jennie Skinner; married, Mary S. Bryant; prothonotary, Erie County, 1848-1851; prothonotary, Erie County, 1857-1860; Common Council, Erie County, 1857-1862; Select Council, Erie County, 1863-1865; died, September 12, 1878, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interment, Erie Cemetery, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Prothonotary, Erie County, 1848-1851.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate 20th district, Crawford and Erie Counties 1853-1855

Prothonotary, Erie County, 1857-1860; Common Council, Erie County, 1857-1862; Select Council, Erie County, 1863-1865.   

Cited:

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

James Skinner (1809-1878) - Find a Grave Memorial