John Moffet
(April 5, 1831 — June 19, 1884) John Moffet was a pharmacist, medical practitioner, and politician. Moffet was born in Ireland in 1831 and immigrated to the United States. He studied medicine in the University of Pennsylvania and later became an apothecary. Moffet presented his credentials to the Forty-First Congress and served as a Democrat from March 1869 to April 1869, when his election was successfully contested by Leonard Meyers. After his brief time in Congress, Moffet continued to work in pharmacy and medicine until his death in 1884.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000838]
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Pennsylvania Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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