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1903 Philadelphia Mayoral Election
The 1903 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election John Weaver. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Philadelphia mayoral election, 1903 Mayoral elections in Philadelphia, 1903 1903 United States mayoral elections 1903 Pennsylvania elections 1900s in Philadelphia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Philadelphia Mayoral Election
The 1899 Philadelphia mayoral election saw Samuel Howell Ashbridge elected as mayor of Philadelphia. Results References {{1899 United States elections Mayoral elections in Philadelphia, 1899 1899 United States mayoral elections, Philadelphia 1899 Pennsylvania elections, Philadelphia mayoral 19th century in Philadelphia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Philadelphia Mayoral Election
The 1907 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election of John Edger Reyburn as a ''Jeffersonian'' Republican over William Potter, who ran as a City-Democrat. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Philadelphia mayoral election, 1907 1907 1907 United States mayoral elections 1907 Pennsylvania elections 1900s in Philadelphia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Weaver (mayor)
John Weaver (October 5, 1861 – March 18, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican mayor of Philadelphia from 1903 to 1907. Early life and career John Weaver was born in Stourport-on-Severn, England in 1861, the son of Benjamin Weaver and Elizabeth Wilks Weaver. After his mother died in 1874, Weaver found his prospects in England to be dim, and emigrated to the United States in 1881. On arriving there, he went to work as a messenger boy and later as a clerk at John Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1889. In 1885, he married Emily Jennings, the sister of his co-worker, William Nicholson Jennings. He became a member of Russell Conwell's Temple Baptist Church in the city's Tioga section, where he taught Sunday school. Weaver studied shorthand at night and became a stenographer for a local attorney, John Sparhawk. Sparhawk encouraged him to study law, and he did so, being admitted to the bar in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Howell Ashbridge
Samuel Howell Ashbridge (December 5, 1848 – March 1, 1906) was an American politician. He served one term as the mayor of Philadelphia from 1899 to 1903. He was one of the mayors excoriated in ''Shame of the Cities'', a series by muckraker Lincoln Steffens on municipal corruption. A report by the Philadelphia Municipal League referred to his administration as “a crew of municipal pirates.” Early life Ashbridge was born in Philadelphia on December 5, 1848, to a Quaker family. Early on he worked as a clerk for a mercantile business and a coal yard. He later had his own coal business. In 1893, he became a deputy coroner in Philadelphia and won election as coroner in 1896. Political career Known as "Stars and Stripes Sam" for his predilection to give patriotic speeches, Ashbridge won the 1899 election for mayor, defeating Democrat Horace Hoskins with 145,778 votes, over 84% of the vote, out of 172,940 votes cast. He was closely associated with political bosses Matthew Quay an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayoral Elections In Philadelphia
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1903 United States Mayoral Elections
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1903 Pennsylvania Elections
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