Nathan A. Pennypacker, M.D.

Nathan A. Pennypacker, M.D.

Member

Photo credit:

To Preserve the Union! (2014, June). The Historical Society of the Phoenixville Area, 37, 2.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1865 Representative Republican
1866 Representative Republican
1867 Representative Republican
Counties Chester

Biography

10/20/1835 - 12/17/1886


PENNYPACKER, Dr. Nathan, A., a Representative from Chester County; born, October 20, 1835 in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pa.; attended, Freeland Seminary (now Ursinus College); M.D., Philadelphia College of Medicine, 1856; captain, Company K,  30th Regiment, 4th Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves (1861-1864, Civil War); physician; elected, school board, Charlestown Township (1859-1861); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1864, 1865 and 1866; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1867); farmer; member, board of commissioners, State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown (1877-1878); aide-de-camp, Governor Henry M. Hoyt (1882); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1882); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1882); died, December 17, 1886 in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; interred, Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

 

Archival Collection

Dr. Nathan A. Pennypacker Papers, 1849-1888, Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pa.


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