John Whitehill

John Whitehill (* December 11 1729 in Salisbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † September 16, 1815 ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1807, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Whitehill grew up during the British colonial period and attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in Lancaster County in this profession. He was also Justice of the Peace in 1777 and Judge of the guardianship court. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution. During the Revolutionary War, he served for a time in the state militia of Pennsylvania. He also held other local offices there. Between 1780 and 1782, and again in 1793 Whitehill was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In 1787 he was a delegate to the Assembly, which ratified the Constitution of the United States for the state of Pennsylvania. He spoke out against the adoption of the new Federal Constitution. In 1791 he became a judge in Lancaster County. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Whitehill was in the third electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Hemphill on March 4, 1803. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 two legislative sessions. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Whitehill is no longer politically have appeared. He died on September 16, 1815 in Salisbury. His younger brother Robert (1738-1813) and his son James (1762-1822) were also members of Congress.