Henry Wynkoop

Who was Henry Wynkoop?

Henry Wynkoop was a member of the Continental Congress and later a United States Representative for the state of Pennsylvania during the First United States Congress, 1789 to 1791.

Prior to his term as a representative, he served as a Justice on the Court of Common Pleas and the orphan's court in Kingston, Pennsylvania from 1780 to 1789. After his term in Congress, he was appointed as an Associate Judge in Bucks County, as which he served until his death in that county on March 25, 1816; he was interred in the graveyard of the Low Dutch Reformed Church, Richboro, Pennsylvania.