Samuel Maclay
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Samuel Maclay | |
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Pennsylvania Senate | |
In office 1798–1802 | |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1797 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lurgan Township, Province of Pennsylvania, British America | June 17, 1741
Died | October 5, 1811 Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 70)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Samuel Maclay (June 17, 1741 – October 5, 1811) was an American politician from Union County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and the United States Senate.
Biography
Maclay was born the younger brother of future Pennsylvania senator
In 1790, Maclay performed work as a surveyor of the streams of northwestern Pennsylvania, equating to something of a "Lewis & Clark Expedition" of the dangerous interior wilds of Pennsylvania. He became an associate judge of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and served between 1792 and 1795. Maclay was the father of William Plunkett Maclay.
Political life
Maclay was elected to the Fourth Congress. He served as a member of the lower house of the State legislature in 1797 and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1798 to 1802 and served as speaker from 1801 to 1802.
He was
Maclay opposed the nomination of
Maclay served in the Senate from March 4, 1803, until his resignation on January 4, 1809. He retired to Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, where he died, aged 70. He was interred in the Driesbach Church Cemetery in Union County.
Bibliography
- American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr. The Genealogy of Samuel Maclay, 1741–1811. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Aurand Press, 1938;
- Maclay, Samuel. Journal of Samuel Maclay. Williamsport, Pennsylvania: Gazette & Bulletin Printing House, 1887.