John Lightner

John Lightner

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1819-1820 Representative Federalist
1821-1822 Representative Federalist
Counties Lancaster

Biography

01/13/1765 - 07/01/1841


LIGHTNER, John, a Representative from Lancaster County; born, January 13, 1765; merchant; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1819-1820 and 1821-1822 terms; elected, associate judge, court of common pleas, Lancaster County (1827-1837); died, July 1, 1841 in Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; removed to, Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.


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