Background
Elkin, John Pratt was born on January 11, 1860 in Indiana Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Elizabeth (Pratt) Elkin.
Elkin, John Pratt was born on January 11, 1860 in Indiana Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Elizabeth (Pratt) Elkin.
Educated Indiana (Pennsylvania) State Normal School. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1884. (honorary Master of Arts, Lafayette, 1892).
Admitted to bar, 1884. Member Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1885, 1887. Deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania, 1895-1899, attorney general, 1889-1903.
Republican candidate for government, 1902.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, January 1, since 1905. Has been chairman Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania President Farmers’ Bank of Indiana, Pennsylvania.
President school board, 10 years. Trustee State Normal School Home: Indiana, Pennsylvania
Member Pennsylvania
Married Adda Prothew, June 17, 1884.