John B. Wallace

John B. Wallace

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1831-1832 Representative National Republican
1832-1833 Representative National Republican
1833-1834 Representative National Republican
Counties Crawford

Biography

08/17/1778 - 01/07/1837


WALLACE, John Bradford, a representative from Crawford county; born, August 17, 1778 in Ellerslie, Somerset County, NJ; A.M., valedictorian, Princeton College, 1794; attorney (1799-1837); secretary and treasurer, the Law Library Company of Philadelphia (1802-1809); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1808); unsuccessful campaign, select council, Philadelphia (1812, 1814); engaged, real estate; elected, burgess, Meadville (1825); attorney, Holland Land Company; elected as a National Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1831-1832, 1832-1833 and 1833-1834 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1834-1835 term; died, January 7, 1837 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

 

 

Bibliography

Wallace, Robert B. Reports of cases adjudged in the circuit court of the United States for the third circuit. P.H. Nicklin & T. Johnson: Philadelphia, 1838.

 

Archival Collections

William Bradford Papers, 1682-1863. University Archives, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ


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