Biography

1789 - 10/14/1855

ALISON, Oliver, a Representative from Chester County; born, circa 1789 in Chester County, Pa.; merchant; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Chester County (1819); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1822, 1823); elected, sheriff, Chester County (1828-1831); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1832); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1834); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1843); died, October 14, 1855 in Cochranville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.