Maclay, William P.
Affiliation Democratic-Republican
Name William P. Maclay
Lewistown, Pennsylvania , United States
Died September 02, 1842 (68 years)
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Info MACLAY, William Plunkett, (son of Samuel Maclay and nephew of William Maclay [1737-1804]), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Northumberland County, Pa., August 23, 1774; attended the common schools; prothonotary of Mifflin County 1808-1814; member of the State house of representatives; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Burnside; reelected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses and served from October 8, 1816, until March 3, 1821; was not a candidate for renomination in 1820; member of the State convention to alter and amend the constitution at Harrisburg, Pa., in 1837; engaged as a surveyor and in agricultural pursuits; died in Milroy, Mifflin County, Pa., September 2, 1842; interment in Milroy Presbyterian Cemetery.
10/14/1828 PA District 12 Lost 31.30% (-12.96%)
12/10/1821 PA US Senate Lost 0.81% (-32.66%)
10/10/1820 PA - District 09 Lost 45.41% (-9.18%)
10/13/1818 PA - District 09 Won 77.92% (+55.84%)
10/08/1816 PA - District 09 - Special Election Won 68.47% (+36.93%)