John Reilly (Pennsylvania)
- John Reilly (Pennsylvania)
John Reilly (February 22, 1836–April 19, 1904) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Reilly was born in Abnerville, Pennsylvania. He received home instruction and attended the public schools. He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on April 10, 1854. He was appointed superintendent of transportation April 1, 1865. He served until his resignation in 1875, having been elected to Congress. He served as president of the Bells Gap Railroad Company from 1871 to 1873, and president of the board of city commissioners of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1872 and 1873.
Reilly was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876. He again served as superintendent of transportation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and served from 1877 until his resignation in 1885. He moved to Philadelphia in 1881. He was interested in various business enterprises, and died in Philadelphia in 1904. Interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000154 John Reilly] , "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". Accessed August 29, 2007.]
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