Alexander Ogle
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Alexander Ogle was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Alexander Ogle (father of Charles Ogle
and grandfather of Andrew Jackson Ogle
) was born in Frederick, Maryland
. He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania
, in 1795. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
in 1803, 1804, 1807, 1808, and 1811. He served as major general in the State militia, and as prothonotary
, recorder of deeds
, and clerk of courts from 1812 to 1817.
Ogle was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth
Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818
. He was again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1819 to 1823, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate
in 1827 and 1828. He died in Somerset in 1832. Interment in Union Cemetery.
Alexander Ogle is also related to the photographer O. Winston Link
.
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Alexander Ogle (father of Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle (politician)
Charles Ogle was an Anti-Masonic and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Ogle was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Somerset...
and grandfather of Andrew Jackson Ogle
Andrew Jackson Ogle
Andrew Jackson Ogle was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Andrew J. Ogle was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Somerset...
) was born in Frederick, Maryland
Frederick, Maryland
Frederick is a city in north-central Maryland. It is the county seat of Frederick County, the largest county by area in the state of Maryland. Frederick is an outlying community of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of a greater...
. He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania
Somerset, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,762 people, 3,035 households, and 1,717 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,466.0 people per square mile . There were 3,313 housing units at an average density of 1,208.2 per square mile...
, in 1795. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
in 1803, 1804, 1807, 1808, and 1811. He served as major general in the State militia, and as prothonotary
Prothonotary
The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius , from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek protos "first" + Latin notarius ; the -h-...
, recorder of deeds
Recorder of deeds
Recorder of deeds is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over that property.-Background:...
, and clerk of courts from 1812 to 1817.
Ogle was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth
15th United States Congress
-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...
Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818
United States House election, 1818
The U.S. House election, 1818 was an election for the United States House of Representatives to the Sixteenth United States Congress. Voting in the various states was held between April 1818 and September 1819...
. He was again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1819 to 1823, and served in the Pennsylvania State Senate
Pennsylvania State Senate
The Pennsylvania State Senate has been meeting since 1791. It is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such...
in 1827 and 1828. He died in Somerset in 1832. Interment in Union Cemetery.
Alexander Ogle is also related to the photographer O. Winston Link
O. Winston Link
Ogle Winston Link , known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer. He is best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk & Western in the United States in the late 1950s...
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