Henry Logan (politician)
Henry Logan | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district | |
In office 1835–1839 | |
Preceded by | Charles A. Barnitz |
Succeeded by | James Gerry |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1818–1819 | |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 14th district | |
In office 1828–1830 | |
Preceded by | Zephaniah Herbert |
Succeeded by | Ezra Blyth |
Personal details | |
Born | Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, US | April 14, 1784
Died | December 26, 1866 Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 82)
Political party | Democratic, Jacksonian |
Henry Logan (April 14, 1784 – December 26, 1866) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1835 to 1839.
Henry Logan was born near Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. He volunteered for the defense of Baltimore in 1814 during the War of 1812, and served as captain in the Nineteenth Regiment, Second Brigade, Fifth Division, Pennsylvania Militia. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel August 1, 1814.
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1818 and 1819 and as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 14th district from 1828 to 1830.[1]
Logan was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination and resumed farming.
He was a member of the Board of Commissioners of York County, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He served as county auditor and died on the Logania plantation in Monaghan Township, near Dillsburg in 1866. Interment in the Dillsburg Cemetery in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.
Legacy
[edit]The town Loganville, Pennsylvania was named after him.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - Henry Logan Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "Henry Logan (id: L000402)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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