Biography

01/08/1760 - 12/28/1822

LEIB, Dr. Michael, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born January 8, 1760 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; studied medicine under Dr. Benjamin Rush; commissioned, surgeon, Philadelphia Militia (1780, Revolutionary War); brigadier general, Philadelphia Militia, Pennsylvania Milita (1807-1811); surgeon and medical practitioner, Philadelphia; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1794, 1815); elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1795-1796, 1796-1797, 1797-1798 terms; elected, United States Congress (1798-1805); reelected to the House for the 1806-1807, 1807-1808, 1808-1809 and 1816-1817 terms; unsuccessful campaign, director, Bank of Philadelphia (1808); elected, United States Senate (1808-1814); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Philadelphia (1814-1815); reelected to the House as a Democrat to the 1817-1818 term; unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1818, 1819); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1818-1822); appointed, prothonotary, United States District Court, Philadelphia (1822); died, December 28, 1822 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint John’s Evangelical Lutheran Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; removed to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.