Henry Wynkoop

Henry Wynkoop (* March 2, 1737 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, † March 25, 1816 ) was an American politician. Between 1789 and 1791, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Wynkoop grew up during the British colonial period. He received a good education and suggested even before the American Revolution a political career one. In the years 1760 and 1761 he was a deputy in the colonial House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. From 1764 to 1789 he served as a judge in Bucks County. In the 1770s to Wynkoop joined the independence movement. 1774 and 1775 he was a member of two provincial conferences. He was major of militia in Bucks County. Then he sat in 1776 and 1777 in the general Safety Committee. From 1779 to 1782 he participated as a delegate to the Continental Congress; thereafter he worked 1783-1789 as appeal judges.

The Pennsylvania State far discharged congressional elections of 1789 Wynkoop was elected for the eighth seat of his government to the then meets on even in New York City U.S. House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. Until March 3, 1791, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Henry Wynkoop office until his death on March 25, 1816 again as a judge in Bucks County.