Alexander Thomson (congressman)
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Alexander Thomson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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Alexander Thomson was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
. He apprenticed as a sickle
maker. He moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania
, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
. He held several local offices and was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
.
Thomson was elected to the Eighteenth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Tod
. He was reelected to the Nineteenth
Congress and served until May 1, 1826, when he resigned. He served as mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, and was president judge of the sixteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1841. He was professor in the law school of Marshall College
in Lancaster. He died in Chambersburg in 1848. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.
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 Thomson was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 129,313 people, 50,633 households, and 36,405 families residing in the county. The population density was 168 people per square mile . There were 53,803 housing units at an average density of 70 per square mile...
. He apprenticed as a sickle
Sickle
A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock . Sickles have also been used as weapons, either in their original form or in various derivations.The diversity of sickles that...
maker. He moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Bedford is a borough in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, west of the State Capital, Harrisburg. It is the county seat of Bedford County. Bedford was established in the mid-18th century. Population counts follow: 1890, 2,242; 1900, 2,167; 1910, 2,385. The population was 3,141 at the 2000...
, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg is a borough in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is miles north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley. Chambersburg is the county seat of Franklin County...
. He held several local offices and was 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....
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Thomson was elected to the Eighteenth
18th United States Congress
The Eighteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825, during the seventh and eighth...
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Tod
John Tod
John Tod was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Tod was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and Yale College. He moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania, in 1800, and taught school while studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and...
. He was reelected to the Nineteenth
19th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: John Gaillard , until December 4, 1825** Nathaniel Macon , from May 20, 1826- House of Representatives :* Speaker: John W. Taylor -Members:...
Congress and served until May 1, 1826, when he resigned. He served as mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities...
, and was president judge of the sixteenth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1827 to 1841. He was professor in the law school of Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....
in Lancaster. He died in Chambersburg in 1848. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.