Biography

1795 - 12/16/1871

OGLE, Alexander, Jr., a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, 1795 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; captain and brigadier-general, Somerset Independent Blues, Pennsylvania Militia; merchant; appointed, prothonotary, Somerset County (1817-1821); appointed, clerk of courts, register of deeds and recorder, Somerset County (1817-1821, 1824-1830); elected, burgess, Somerset (1819, 1824); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1821-1822 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1822); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1828); died, December 16, 1871 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.