William Simonton

William Simonton (* February 12, 1788 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, † May 17 1846 in South Hanover, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Simonton was initially taught by his mother and then attended a private school. After a subsequent study medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and his 1810 was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in Dauphin County in this profession. Between 1823 and 1826, he worked as a district auditor. He was an early supporter of the principle enshrined by law in 1834, the free school system. Politically, he was a member of the mid-1830s, founded the Whig Party.

In the congressional elections of 1838 Simonton was the tenth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Luther Reily on March 4, 1839. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 two legislative sessions. The time from 1841 was marked by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Simonton is no longer politically have appeared. He died on 17 May 1846 in South Hanover.