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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJohn FINDLAY
(1766-1838)
FINDLAY, John, (brother of
James Findlay and William Findlay), a Representative from
Pennsylvania; born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa., March 31,
1766; received a limited schooling; prothonotary 1809-1821; served
as captain in the War of 1812; moved to Chambersburg, Pa.; register
and recorder of deeds; clerk of the orphans’ court; clerk of
the court of quarter sessions 1809-1818; elected as a Republican to
the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of James Duncan; reelected as a Jackson Republican to
the Eighteenth Congress and elected as a Jacksonian to the
Nineteenth Congress, and served from October 9, 1821, to March 3,
1827; was not a candidate for renomination in 1826; appointed
postmaster of Chambersburg, Pa., March 20, 1829, and held the
office until his death there November 5, 1838; interment in Falling
Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Chambersburg.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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