William Milnor
U.S. Congressperson
1769 – 1848
Who was William Milnor?
William Milnor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.
William Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822.
Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried in that city's Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard.
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- Born
- Jun 26, 1769
United States of America - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Died
- Dec 13, 1848
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on July 23, 2013
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