William Beatty (Pennsylvania)

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William Beatty
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by Samuel S. Harrison
Succeeded by William Jack
Personal details
Born 1787
Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Died April 12, 1851 (aged 63–64)
Political party Democratic

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William Beatty (1787 – April 12, 1851) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William Beatty was born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787. He immigrated to the United States in 1807 and settled in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was a sergeant in Captain Thompson’s company in the War of 1812. He served as sheriff of Butler County, Pennsylvania, from 1823 to 1826.

Beatty was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842. He appointed deputy sheriff of Butler County and died in Butler in 1851. Interment in the Old Butler Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district

1837–1841
Succeeded by
William Jack


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