Pennsylvania Governors correspondence, 1778-1904.

Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800

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Thomas Mifflin (January 10, 1744 – January 20, 1800) was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last president of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790. Born in Philadelphia, Mifflin becam...

Porter, David Rittenhouse, 1788-1867

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Wolf, George, 1777-1840

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U.S. representative from and governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of George Wolf correspondence, 1829 February 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983281 ...

Bigler, William, 1814-1880

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William Bigler was elected governor of Pennsylvania, 1852-1855. From the description of William Bigler, Clearfield, letter to Thomas Burnside, 1848 July 15. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48949341 U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of William Bigler correspondence, 1859-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450662 ...

Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892

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American lawyer, politician, and author. From the description of Letter signed : Harrisburg, Penna., to Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, 1881 05 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269552023 Henry Martyn Hoyt was a lieutenant colonel of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was captured at Fort Johnson, S.C., but a prisoner exchange allowed him to return to the 52nd until the end of the Civil War, when he was brevetted brigadier general. He became the governor of Pennsylvania and served i...

Stone, William A. (William Alexis), 1846-1920

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Beaver, James A. (James Addams), 1837-1914

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Colonel, 148th Pennsylvania regiment, Civil War; brevet brigadier general of volunteers, 1864; governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-1891; judge of Pennsylvania Supreme Court, 1895-1914. From the description of Letter : Bellefonte, Penn[sylvani]a, to Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington, D.C., 1893 April 21. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27045475 Lawyer, thrice wounded Colonel of the 148th Pennsylvania; Governor of Pennsylvania; Judge in the Superior Court o...

Shunk, Francis Rawn, 1788-1848

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Francis Rawn Shunk correspondence, 1844 January 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980460 From the description of Letter signed : Harrisburg, to William Buehler, 1835 Dec. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664871 Francis Rawn Shunk (1788-1848) was a lawyer and governor of Pennsylvania. From the guide to the Francis Rawn Shunk Papers, 1826-1901, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. S...

Packer, William F. (William Fisher), 1807-1870

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Hiester, Joseph, 1752-1832

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Joseph Hiester was a merchant, soldier, and politician from Pennsylvania during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born in 1752 to German immigrants living in Pennsylvania. As a young man, Hiester worked as a clerk in Whitman's general store in Reading, PA and subsequently married the owner's daughter, Elizabeth Whitman, in 1771. Hiester served in the Revolutionary War and was a commander in the battle of Long Island in 1776 when he was captured and held for ...

Pattison, Robert E. (Robert Emory), 1850-1904

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Pollock, James, 1810-1890

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Jurist, public official, governor of and U.S. representative from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letters of James Pollock, 1844-1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449972 Born in Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1810, James Pollock graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton in 1831. He was admitted to the county bar in 1833 and a year later opened a law office in his hometown. From 1835-1837 he served as a deputy Attorney-General for Northumberland County. In 18...

Johnston, William F., 1808-1872

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Pennsylvania state senator. At the time of Governor Shunk's death William Freame Johnston was presiding officer of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Under the provisions of the constitution he became the chief executive of the state. Waiving this opportunity to step into the office of governor, he at once issued a proclamation for the election of a governor and was himself chosen. He was born in 1808 in Greensburg of Scotch-Irish parentage and was admitted to the bar when t...

Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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John W. Geary was a lawyer, politician and Union general in the Civil War (1861-1865). He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on 30 December 1819. After serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War (1846-1848), Geary went to California for the 1849 gold rush. While in California, Geary became the first governor of San Francisco from 1850 to 1851 and was later governor of the Kansas Territory from 1856-1857. Following his term as governor, Geary returned to Pennsylvania and w...

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

Schulze, John A., 1775-1852.

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Snyder, Simon, 1759-1819

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Hartranft, John F., 1830-1889

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On April 28, 1865 Major General John F. Hartranft was appointed military governor of the military prison at the U.S. Arsenal, Washington, D.C., and commander of the troops assembled for its defense. He was responsible for the incarceraton, treatment and eventual execution of the prisoners who were found guilty in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of State William H. Seward. From the descripti...

Pennypacker, Samuel W. (Samuel Whitaker), 1843-1916

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Samuel Pennypacker -- governor, jurist and historian -- was born in Phoenixville and educated at the University of Pennsylvania where he studied law. He was called to the bar in 1868 and elected president of the Law Academy of Philadelphia. In 1889, he became judge of the Court of Common Pleas and remained in that post for 20 years. Pennypacker became governor of Penn. in 1902. He built a new capitol building and organized the health and highway departments as well as th...

Ritner, Joseph, 1780-1869

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