William M. Meredith
William M. Meredith
Photo credit:
Daguerreotype Collection, DAG no. 144, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biography
06/08/1799 - 08/17/1873
MEREDITH, William Morris, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, June 8, 1799 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, University of Pennsylvania, 1812; lawyer (1817-1873); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1824-1825 term; reelected to the House in a Special Election on January 17, 1826; Sworn-In, January 20, 1826 to serve the remaining 1825-1826 term; reelected to the House for the 1827-1828 term; elected, common council, Philadelphia (1833-1849); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); United States District Attorney, Philadelphia (1841); unsuccessful campaign, United States Senate (1848); presidential appointee, Secretary of the United States Treasury (1849-1850); gubernatorial appointee, Pennsylvania Attorney General (1861-1867); elected, president, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1872-1873); died, August 17, 1873 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer (1861-1866), Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
Meredith Family Papers (Collection 1509), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
William M. Meredith Correspondence, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.