Alexander Ogle

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Alexander Ogle (August 10, 1766 – October 14, 1832) was an American politician who served as a

U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
from 1817 to 1819.

Early life

Ogle was born August 10, 1766, in

Career

He served as a member of the

Pennsylvania militia, commanding the 12th division, comprising recruits from Somerset, Bedford and Cambria counties.[2] He worked as prothonotary, recorder of deeds, and clerk of courts from 1812 to 1817.[1] He owned slaves.[3]

Ogle was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the

1818. He served again as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1819 to 1823, and served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district in 1827 and 1828. He died in Somerset in 1832 and was interred in Union Cemetery.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Ogle Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ Koontz, William H. (1906). History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 248–249. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-11
  4. ^ "Alexander Ogle". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Preceded by
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1803-1804, 1807-1808, 1811, 1819-1823
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

1817–1819
Succeeded by
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by Member of the
Pennsylvania Senate, 22nd district

1827-1828
Succeeded by
Henry Humbert Fore