Espy Van Horne

Espy Van Horne (* 1795 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, † August 25, 1829 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About Espy Van Horne's youth or his career beyond politics nothing is handed down. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Van Horne was the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Cox Ellis on March 4, 1825. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1829 two legislative sessions. These were determined by the fierce debates between supporters of Andrew Jackson and those of President John Quincy Adams.

Espy Van Horne died only a few months after the end of his last term on 25 August 1829 in Williamsport.