Robert Whitehill (Pennsylvania)

Robert Whitehill ( born July 21, 1738 in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † April 8, 1813 in Lauther Manor, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1805 and 1813, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Whitehill was the younger brother of Congressman John Whitehill ( 1729-1815 ). He grew up during the British colonial period and attended the public schools of his home. Then he settled in Cumberland County. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution. In July 1776, he was a delegate of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Pennsylvania, where the Declaration of Independence of the United States was ratified; in 1777 was one of Whitehall at the Security Council (Council of Safety) of his state. He was also involved in the drafting of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Later he suggested some additions to the Federal Constitution. In 1790 he was again a delegate to a constitutional convention for Pennsylvania. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. From 1797 to 1800 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1801 to 1804 he was a member of the State Senate, which he was president in 1804. In this time, the impeachment fall against some judges of his state.

After the death of Representative John A. Hanna Whitehill was in the due -election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1805. After three re- elections he could remain until his death on April 8, 1813 in Congress. His nephew James Whitehill (1762-1822) and his great-grandson John C. Kunkel (1898-1970) were also members of Congress.