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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine

American politician

Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (August 14, 1804 – August 22, 1863) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

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Biography

Abraham R. McIlvaine was born in Ridley, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Chester County, Pennsylvania.[1][2]

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837.[1][2]

McIlvaine was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Twenty-eighth Congress.[1][2]

An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1848, he resumed his agricultural interests and also engaged in the iron business.[1][2]

He died on his estate, “Springton Manor Farm” in Chester County in 1863. Interment in Caln Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground near Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Reinterment in Northwood Cemetery in Downingtown.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "McIlvaine, Abraham Robinson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mchie to Mcintire". The Political Graveyard. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
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