Biography

02/28/1756 - 07/25/1828

McMULLIN, Robert , a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, February 28, 1756 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; shipbuilder; engaged, lumber business; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Philadelphia County (1803); chair, County Democratic Committee (1805-1808); elected, treasurer, Philadelphia County (1807-1810); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1810); elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1816-1817 term; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1817-1818 term; reelected to the House as a Federalist for the 1818-1819 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1819-1820); unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1820); died, July 25, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Pine Street Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.