William Beatty
U.S. Congressperson
1787 – 1851
Who was William Beatty?
William Beatty was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Beatty was born in Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1787. He immigrated to the United States in 1807 and settled in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was a sergeant in Captain Thompson’s company in the War of 1812. He served as sheriff of Butler County, Pennsylvania, from 1823 to 1826.
Beatty was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842. He appointed deputy sheriff of Butler County and died in Butler in 1851. Interment in the Old Butler Cemetery.
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- Born
- 1787
Stewartstown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- County Tyrone
- Died
- Apr 12, 1851
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on July 23, 2013
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