PETER EDWARD COSTELLO

Costello, Peter Edward (1854-1935), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 27, 1854; attended the public schools of Boston; moved to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1877; engaged in various manufacturing industries, also general construction work and real estate development; member of the common council of Philadelphia 1895-1903; director of the department of public works of Philadelphia 1903-1905; again a member of the common council 1908-1915; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for renomination in 1920; continued in the real-estate and investment brokerage business in Philadelphia, Pa., until his death there October 23, 1935; interment in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Spouse: Annie S [Costello] b. abt 1860 Pennsylvania
Children:
John R Costello b. abt 1884 Missouri
Edward Costello b. abt 1885 Pennsylvania
Walter G Costello b. abt 1888 Pennsylvania
Albert Costello b. abt 1890 Pennsylvania

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell