William Milnor
William Milnor (June 26, 1769 – December 13, 1848) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.
William Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822.
Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried in that city's Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard.[1]
Family
William Milnor was the brother of James Milnor, a lawyer, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and rector of St. George’s Chapel in Manhattan, New York.
References
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- William Milnor at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1807–1811 1807–1811 alongside: Robert Brown |
Succeeded by Robert Brown Jonathan Roberts William Rodman |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1815–1817 1815–1817 alongside: Joseph Hopkinson, John Sergeant and Thomas Smith |
Succeeded by William Anderson Adam Seybert John Sergeant Joseph Hopkinson |
Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1821–1822 alongside: Joseph Hemphill, John Sergeant and Samuel Edwards |
Succeeded by Joseph Hemphill, John Sergeant Thomas Forrest Samuel Edwards |
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Preceded by | Mayor of Philadelphia 1829 |
Succeeded by Benjamin Wood Richards |
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- 1769 births
- 1848 deaths
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Mayors of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives
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