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Representative Anderson McPherrin View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 3/25/1897
Birth Place: Butler County, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Whig
Assemblies Served:
House: 1 (1846)
4 (1852)
Home County: Van Buren
Anderson McPherrin
Van Buren County
Born in Butler county, Penn., October 6, 1810. He settled in Van Buren county in 1841. He was elected to the lower house of the legislature twice, first in 1846, and last in 1852. He was deputy sheriff under James Johnston, of near Utica, in 1846-8, and was the first superintendent of schools in the county in 1855. Anderson McPherrin was married to Minerva Johnston in 1849. He was a member and officer of the Presbyterian church for many years.
Sources:
House District 2
Committees
1st GA (1846)
Legislation Sponsored
1st GA (1846)