John Cadwalader (congressman)
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, and politician
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from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Life
Cadwalader was born in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
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on April 1, 1805. His mother was Mary Biddle (1781–1850) of the Biddle family
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. His father Thomas Cadwalader (1779–1841), grandfather John Cadwalader
John Cadwalader (general)
John Cadwalader was a commander of Pennsylvania troops during the American Revolutionary War.-Early life:...
(1742–1786) and great-grandfather Thomas Cadwalader
Thomas Cadwalader
Thomas Cadwalader was an American physician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After studying medicine with his uncle Dr. Evan Jones, he traveled to London to study medicine. He lived for a while near Trenton, New Jersey, where he became the chief burgess in 1746. After returning to Philadelphia, he...
(1708–1779) were all military leaders. He received a Bachelor of Arts
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from the University of Pennsylvania
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in 1821, and read law in 1825. He was in private practice of law from 1825 to 1855. He was a lawyer for the Bank of the United States
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in 1830, and was vice provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia from 1833 to 1853. He was a captain of the Pennsylvania State Militia in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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in 1844, which was called out for the Philadelphia Nativist Riots
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. He was elected as a Democrat as a U.S. Representative
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from Pennsylvania from 1855 to 1857. He did not run for re-election.
Cadwalader was nominated by President James Buchanan
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on April 19, 1858, to be a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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. He replaced John K. Kane
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(1795–1858). He was confirmed by the United States Senate
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on April 24, 1858, and received his commission the same day.
He served in that capacity until he died on January 26, 1879.
He was buried in the Christ Church Burial Ground
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at the old Christ Church in Philadelphia.
Family tree
He married Mary Binney (1805–1831), daughter of Horace BinneyHorace Binney
Horace Binney was an American lawyer who served as an Anti-Jacksonian in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(1780–1875) who had two daughters.
Daughter Mary Binney Cadwalader (1829–1861) married William Henry Rawle (1823–1889) in 1849; their daughter Mary Cadwalader Rawle (1850–1923) married Frederick Rhinelander Jones on March 24, 1870, who was the brother of Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton
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(1862–1937); their daughter in turn was landscape architect Beatrix Cadwalader Jones Farrand
Beatrix Farrand
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(1872–1959).
A second daughter was Elizabeth Cadwalader (born 1831), who married George Harrison Hare (1822–1857). After his first wife's death from complications of that birth, he married Henrietta Maria Bancker (1806–1889) who had six more children. They were: Sarah Bancker Cadwalader (born 1834); Frances Cadwalader (1835–1881); Thomas Cadwalader (1837–1841); Charles Evert Cadwalader (1839–1907); Anne Cadwalader (1841–1878); John Cadwalader (1843–1925) who married Mary Helen Fisher (1844–1937); and George Cadwalader (1845–1846).
John Cadwalader Jr. (1874–1934) became trustee of the estate of his aunt Sophia Georgiana (Fisher) Coxe (1841–1926) which funded the MMI Preparatory School
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External links
- The Cadwalader Family Papers, documenting the Cadwalader family through four generations in America, are available for research use at the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaHistorical Society of PennsylvaniaThe Historical Society of Pennsylvania is a historical society founded in 1824 and based in Philadelphia. The Society's building, designed by Addison Hutton and listed on Philadelphia's Register of Historical Places, houses some 600,000 printed items and over 19 million manuscript and graphic items...
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