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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine
McIlvaine in the 1840s
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849
Preceded byJohn Westbrook
Succeeded byJesse Column Dickey
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1836–1837
Personal details
Born(1804-08-14)August 14, 1804
Ridley, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 22, 1863(1863-08-22) (aged 59)
Springton Manor Farm
Political partyWhig

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (August 14, 1804 – August 22, 1863) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Abraham R. McIlvaine was born in Ridley, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837.

McIlvaine was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Twenty-eighth Congress.

An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1848, he resumed his agricultural interests and also engaged in the iron business.

He died on his estate, "Springton Manor Farm" in Chester County in 1863. Interment in Caln Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground near Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Reinterment in Northwood Cemetery in Downingtown.

References

  1. ^ "McIlvaine, Abraham Robinson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mchie to Mcintire". The Political Graveyard. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Westbrook Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district

1843–1849
Succeeded byJesse C. Dickey
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