Leonard Rupert
Leonard Rupert
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Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1803-1804 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1804-1805 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1805-1806 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1806-1807 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1807-1808 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1808-1809 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1809-1810 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1810-1811 | Representative | Republican | ||
| 1812-1813 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1813-1814 | Representative | Republican | ||
| Counties | Columbia, Northumberland, Union | |||
Biography
10/11/1763 - 03/11/1848
Northumberland County (1803-1811, 1812-1813), Columbia, Northumberland and Union Counties (1813-1814)
RUPERT, Leonard, a Representative from Columbia, Northumberland and Union Counties; born, October 11, 1763 in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; fifer, “USS Wasp” (1777) and “Hyder Ally” (1782), Continental Navy (Revolutionary War); fifer, Sixth Battalion, Berks County Militia (1780, Revolutionary War); farmer; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1803-1804, 1804-1805, 1805-1806, 1806-1807, 1807-1808, 1808-1809, 1809-1810 and 1812-1813 terms; reelected to the House as a Republican for the 1810-1811 and 1813-1814 terms; appointed, associate judge, Columbia County (1816-1840); elected, presidential elector (1828); elected, treasurer, Columbia County (1840-1844); died, March 11, 1848 in Rupert, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.