John Clawges, SR.

John Clawges, SR.

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1806-1807 Representative Federalist
1807-1808 Representative Federalist
1810-1811 Representative Federalist
1811-1812 Representative Federalist
Counties Philadelphia City

Biography

05/18/1753 - 04/28/1836


CLAWGES, John, Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, May 18, 1753 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; private, 2nd Company, 4th Battalion, Philadelphia City Militia (1777, Revolutionary War); master painter; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Federalist for the 1806-1807, 1807-1808, 1810-1811 and 1811-1812 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1808, 1812, 1813); died, April 28, 1836 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hood Cemetery, Germantown (now Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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