Biography

04/17/1786 - 11/24/1852

FORWARD, Walter, a Representative from Allegheny and Butler Counties; born, April 17, 1786 in Old Granby, Harford County, Ct.; editor, Tree of Liberty; lawyer (1806-1849); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819 term; elected, United States Congress (1822-1825); elected, delegate, National Republican Convention (1831); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); presidential appointee, comptroller, United States Treasury Department (1841); Secretary, United States Treasury Department (1841-1843); presidential appointee, charge d’affaires, Demark (1849-1851); elected, president judge, Allegheny District Court (1852); died, November 24, 1852 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.