Biography

1785 - 08/17/1849

HARVEY, William Saunders, a Representative from Greene County; born, circa 1785 in Philadelphia County, Pa.; attorney; elected, delegate, State Democratic Convention (1823); served, delegate, State Internal Improvement Convention (1825); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1844); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Harveys, Greene County (1844-1849); died, August 17, 1849 in Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; interred, Harveys Cemetery, Center Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.