Biography

03/08/1848 - 12/18/1904

John Thomas Harrison (R4) Philadelphia County 1902-1903

Early Life: 

John T. Harrison, born, March 8, 1849, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; enlisted, Company B, 11th Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1864-1865; employed, express department, Reading Railroad Company, nine years; employed, express department, Texas and Pacific Railway, four years; proprietor, hosiery business, Harrison and Mallatratt; member, 22nd Ward Republican Committee; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Special Election, 1891; reelected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1892-1896 unsuccessful reelection campaign, House, 1896; reelected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1901-1902; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1896; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1902-1903; married, Annie Mallatratt Harrison, children, Helen Elizabeth Harrison Traver, Joseph Mark Harrison; died while in office of the Senate, December 18, 1903, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Enlisted, at age 15, Company B, 11th Regiment, Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, 1864-1865; employed, express department, Reading Railroad Company, nine years; employed, express department, Texas and Pacific Railway, four years; proprietor, hosiery business, Harrison and Mallatratt. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 81 Free and Accepted Masons; Ellis Post No. 6 Grand Army of the Republic. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Member, 22nd Ward Republican Committee. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Special Election, 1891; reelected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1892-1896; unsuccessful reelection campaign, House, 1896; reelected, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1901-1902. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1896. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4thd district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1902-1903; member, City Passenger Railways, Congressional Apportionment, Elections, Insurance, Judiciary Special, Law and Order and Municipal Affairs Committees.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=3251&body=H 

Cited: 

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

The Germantown Independent-Gazette Obituary, Wednesday, December 23, 1903. 

John T Harrison (1848-1903) - Find a Grave Memorial