Biography

1783 - 04/12/1841


PETTIGREW, Samuel, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, circa 1783 in Easton, Northampton County, Pa.; druggist; proprietor, Speakman, Say & Co., drug manufacturers; druggist, Speakman & Pettigrew; partner, Pettigrew & Troost, lead manufacturers; elected, common council, Pittsburgh (1826-1831); elected as a Volunteer Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1829-1830 term; appointed, mayor, Pittsburgh (1832-1833); elected, mayor, Pittsburgh (1833-1836); president, Pittsburgh Board of Health (1832-1834); clerk, First Auditor, United States Treasury Department, Washington, DC (1838-1841); died, April 12, 1841 in Washington, District of Columbia. 


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