Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania)
| Jared Irwin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th district | |
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In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 | |
| Preceded by | Aaron Lyle |
| Succeeded by |
David Scott William Wilson |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1811 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 19, 1768 Georgia |
| Died |
September 20, 1818 (aged 50) Fernandina, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Jared Irwin (January 19, 1768 – September 20, 1818) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Irwin was born in Georgia. He was appointed commissioner for valuation of lands and dwellings and enumeration of slaves for the second division of Georgia on July 17, 1798. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Milton, Pennsylvania, and served as postmaster of Milton from June 1, 1802, to June 29, 1803. He was sheriff of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, from 1808 to 1812. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1811, and served as colonel of the Fifth Rifle Regiment in the War of 1812.
Irwin was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses. In 1817, Irwin assisted in the establishment of a short-lived revolutionary government on Amelia Island, Florida.[1] He died in Fernandina, Florida in 1818.
References
- ↑ Owsley, Frank Lawrence (1997). Filibusters and Expansionists : Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780585098081. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- United States Congress. "Jared Irwin (id: I000042)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Aaron Lyle |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1813–1817 1813–1815 alongside: Isaac Smith |
Succeeded by David Scott William Wilson |