William Rodman

William Rodman ( born October 7, 1757 Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, † July 27, 1824 in Bristol, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Rodman grew up during the British colonial period. He attended the common schools. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution and became a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Between 1791 and 1800 he was a justice of the peace in his home; in 1794 he was involved in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1804 and 1808, he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1810 Rodman was in the second electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Ross on March 4, 1811. Until March 3, 1813, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the events of the British -American War. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, William Rodman retired from politics. He died on 27 July 1824 the estate Flushing near Bristol.