Category: Pennsylvania

Representative | Democrat-Republican | INGERSOLL, CHARLES JARED, (son of Jared Ingersoll, brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 3, 1782; received an academic training; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March… Continue reading Charles Ingersoll

Representative | Democrat | CURTIN, ANDREW GREGG, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1817; pursued preparatory studies in Milton (Pa.) Academy, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Bellefonte; presidential elector on the Whig ticket… Continue reading Andrew Gregg Curtin

Representative | Democrat-Republican | BARD, DAVID, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at “Carroll’s Delight,” Adams County, Pa., in 1744; was graduated from Princeton College, New Jersey, in 1773; studied theology and was licensed to preach by the Donegal Presbytery in 1777; was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry at Lower Conotheague in 1779; missionary in Virginia… Continue reading David Bard

Representative | Whig | SERGEANT, JOHN, (son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, grandfather of John Sergeant Wise, grandfather of Richard Alsop Wise, great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 5, 1779; attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; was graduated from Princeton College in 1795;… Continue reading John Sergeant

Attorney General | Democrat | DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN, (great-great-granduncle of Claiborne de Borda Pell), a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president of the United States; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1792; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1813; private secretary… Continue reading George Dallas

Secretary of State | Democrat | MORRIL, DAVID LAWRENCE, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Epping, N.H., June 10, 1772; taught by his grandfather and later attended Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; studied medicine and engaged in practice in Epsom, N.H., 1793-1800; studied theology; was ordained; pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Goffstown 1802-1811; resumed… Continue reading David Lawrence

Treasurer | Republican | QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Dillsburg, York County, Pa., on September 30, 1833; attended Beaver and Indiana Academies and graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1850; taught school; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Beaver, Pa.; prothonotary of Beaver County… Continue reading Matthew Quay

David’s comment: Cosponsored a Sentate resolution in honor of Carl LutzAuditor / Comptroller | Democrat | CASEY, ROBERT P. (BOB), JR., a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Scranton, Penn., April 13, 1960; graduated College of the Holy Cross 1982; J.D., Catholic University of America 1988; practiced law in Scranton; Pennsylvania auditor general 1997-2005; unsuccessful candidate… Continue reading Bob Casey

Representative | Republican | DALZELL, JOHN, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New York City April 19, 1845; moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1847; attended the common schools and the Western University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pa.; was graduated from Yale College with the class of 1865; studied law; was admitted to the… Continue reading John Dalzell

Governor | Democrat-Republican | MCKEAN, THOMAS, a Delegate from Delaware; born in New London, Chester County, Pa., March 19, 1734; was privately taught; engaged as clerk to the prothonotary of the court of common pleas for two years; deputy prothonotary and register for the probate of wills for New Castle County, studying law at the… Continue reading Thomas McKean