William Crawford (1760 –October 23,1823) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a slaveholder. [1]
Crawford was born in Paisley,Scotland,in 1760. He received a liberal schooling,studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh,and in 1781 received his degree. He emigrated to the United States and settled near Gettysburg,Pennsylvania. He purchased a farm on Marsh Creek in 1785,where he spent the rest of his life practicing medicine. He was an associate judge for Adams County,Pennsylvania,from 1801 to 1808.
Crawford was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses. He again resumed the practice of medicine near Gettysburg where he died in 1823. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg.
William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat,and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison.
William Irvine was an Irish-American physician,soldier,and statesman from Carlisle,Pennsylvania. He practiced medicine as a ship's surgeon for the Royal Navy before he sympathized with the American Revolution and fought against the British during the American Revolutionary War. As tensions escalated between the American colonies and the British government during the 1770s,Irvine sympathized and allied himself with the revolutionary cause. He subsequently served as a brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War and served in the western theater. After the war he served in the Continental Congress,and later played an active role in ending the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania. He also served one term in Congress representing Pennsylvania,and was also active in the state's other public affairs.
John Sergeant was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives. He was the National Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the 1832 presidential election,serving on a ticket with Senator Henry Clay.
Samuel Wylie Crawford was a United States Army surgeon and a Union general in the American Civil War.
William "Extra Billy" Smith was a lawyer,congressman,the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia,and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On his appointment in January 1863,at 65,Smith was the oldest Confederate general to hold field command in the war.
Michael Leib was an American physician and politician from Philadelphia. He served as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He served as a Democratic-Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives three times;from 1795 to 1798,1806 to 1808 and 1817 to 1818. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1799 to 1803 and for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1803 to 1806. He served as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1814. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1818 to 1821.
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts,was an American politician,member of the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859,an abolitionist and close associate of Thaddeus Stevens.
William Hayward Jr. was an American politician. Born at Shipshead,near Easton,Maryland,Hayward attended Easton Academy and graduated from Princeton College in 1808. He studied law,was admitted to the bar in 1809,and commenced practice in Easton. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1818 to 1820,and was elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress from the seventh congressional district of Maryland. He served one term from March 4,1823,to March 3,1825. Afterwards,he continued the practice of law in Easton until his death there. He is interred in the family burial ground on his estate,Shipshead.
Edward McPherson was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives,as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representatives. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association,he effected efforts to protect and mark portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield.
Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district is located in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It contains all of Erie County,Crawford County,Mercer County,Lawrence County,Butler County,and parts of Venango County. The district is represented by Republican Mike Kelly.
James McSherry,was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Federalist member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district from 1821 to 1823.
John Augustus Swope was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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George Sweeny was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Mahlon Dickerson was a justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey,the seventh governor of New Jersey,United States Senator from New Jersey,the 10th United States Secretary of the Navy and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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