Alexander Ogle

Alexander Ogle ( born August 10, 1766 Frederick, Maryland, † October 14, 1832 in Somerset, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Alexander Ogle attended the public schools of his home. In 1795 he moved to Somerset in Pennsylvania, where he struck a political career. End of the 1790s he became a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1803 and 1811 he was several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In the State militia he rose to major general. Between 1812 and 1817 he held various local offices.

In the congressional elections of 1816 Ogle was in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Piper on March 4, 1817. Since he resigned in 1818 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1819.

From 1819 to 1823 Alexander Ogle was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1827-1828 he was a member of the State Senate. He died on 14 October 1832 in Somerset, where he was also buried. His son Charles Ogle (1798-1841) and his grandson Andrew Jackson Ogle (1822-1852) were also members of Congress.