Abraham Robinson McIlvaine explained

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine
Image Name:AbrahamMcIlvaine.png
Caption:McIlvaine in the 1840s
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:7th
Term Start1:March 4, 1843
Term End1:March 3, 1849
Preceded1:John Westbrook
Succeeded1:Jesse Column Dickey
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Term2:1836–1837
Birth Date:14 August 1804
Birth Place:Ridley, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Springton Manor Farm
Party:Whig

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (August 14, 1804 – August 22, 1863) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1] [2]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McIlvaine, Abraham Robinson . 2023-08-14 . . Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate . Washington D.C..
  2. Web site: The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mchie to Mcintire . 2023-08-14 . . Ann Arbor, Michigan.