J. Andrew Shulze

J. Andrew Shulze

J. Andrew Shulze

Photo credit:

“Governor John Andrew Shulze” Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, August 26, 2015, https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/governors/1790-1876/john-shulze.html

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1806-1807 Representative Democrat
1807-1808 Representative Democrat
1808-1809 Representative Democrat
1821-1822 Representative Democrat
Counties Dauphin, Lebanon

Biography

07/01/1774 - 11/18/1852


Dauphin County (1806-1809), Lebanon County (1821-1822)

SHULZE, John Andrew, a Representative from Dauphin and Lebanon Counties; born, July 1, 1774 in Tulpehocken, Berks County (now Lebanon County), Pa.; attended, Franklin College (now, Franklin and Marshall College); ordained Lutheran minister (1796-1802); proprietor, mercantile store (1802-1823); elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1806-1807, 1807-1808 and 1808-1809 terms; elected, auditor, Dauphin County (1809); reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1821-1822 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1822-1823); elected, Governor of Pennsylvania (1823-1829); president, Electoral College (1840); died, November 18, 1852 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

 

J. Andrew Shulze, various record groups, Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg.


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