Biography

08/10/1766 - 10/13/1832

Somerset County (1803-1805), Cambria and Somerset Counties (1806-1809, 1811-1812, 1819-1820, 1823-1824)

OGLE, Alexander, Sr., a Representative from Cambria and Somerset Counties; born, August 10, 1766 in Frederick, Frederick County, Md.; brigade inspector and brigadier general, Pennsylvania Militia (1800-1812); major general, 12^th Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1812-1832, War of 1812); clerk, grocery store; tavern keeper (1795); merchant (1796); engaged, Iron furnace (1810); engaged, real estate; attorney; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1803-1804, 1804-1805, 1806-1807, 1807-1808, 1808-1809 and 1811-1812 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1805, 1810, 1812, 1824); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1809); appointed, prothonotary, clerk of courts, register and recorder of deeds, Somerset County (1812-1817); elected, United States Congress (1817-1819); reelected to the House for the 1819-1820 and 1823-1824 terms; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1825-1829); elected, burgess, Somerset (1826); elected, president, State Democratic Convention (1827); died, October 13, 1832 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interred, Union Cemetery, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.