Biography

1778 - 09/25/1854

IRVINE, William Neill, a Representative from Dauphin County; born, circa 1778 in Carlise, Cumberland County, Pa.; graduated, Dickinson College; studied law under Judge Thomas Duncan; captain, United States Army (1808-1811); appointed, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania (1813, 1816); colonel, 42^nd Regiment, United States Infantry (1813-1814, War of 1812); attorney (1802-1854); appointed, escheator general of Pennsylvania (September 14, 1815-1821); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1819); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1822); elected, assessor, Carlisle (1823); appointed, president judge, 19^th Judicial District (Adams and York Counties) (1846-1848); died, September 25, 1854 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.