Biography

04/04/1786 - 11/15/1879


HAY, Peter, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, April 4, 1786 in Philadelphia County, Pa.; printer; publisher, Washington Whig (1815-1817); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1825-1826 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1826-1830); proprietor, Peter Hay & Co. Printers (1830-1838); unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Philadelphia County (1841); alderman; notary public; died, November 15, 1879 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

 


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