William Plunkett Maclay

William Plunkett Maclay (* August 23 1774 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, † September 2, 1842 in Milroy, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1816 and 1821 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Plunkett Maclay was the son of Samuel Maclay (1741-1811), who represented the state of Pennsylvania in both houses of Congress, and a nephew of U.S. Senator William Maclay of the same name ( 1737-1804 ). He attended the common schools. Between 1808 and 1814 he practiced in Mifflin County, the Office of the Prothonotary. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. He also sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Following the resignation of Mr Thomas Burnside Maclay was in the election due in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 8 October 1816. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1821 in Congress. In 1820 he gave up another candidacy. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Maclay worked in land surveying and agriculture. In 1837 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state in Harrisburg. He died on 2 September 1842 in Milroy, where he was also buried.