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Maclay, William, 1737-1804

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Personal name headingMaclay, William, 1737-1804
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Birth date17370720
Death date18040416
Place of birthNew Garden (Pa. : Township)
Place of deathHarrisburg (Pa.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Profession or occupationLegislators
Found inHis The diary of William Maclay and other notes on Senate debates, c1988: CIP t.p. (William Maclay)
LC data base, 7/31/87 (hdg.: Maclay, William, 1737-1804)
Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, 5 Feb. 2014 (Maclay, William; b. New Garden, Chester County, Pa., 20 July 1737; d. Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., 16 April 1804; elected to the U.S. Senate from Pa. and served 4 Mar. 1789-3 Mar. 1791; associated with Anti-Administration party; also a military officer, lawyer, surveyor, judge, Indian commissioner, presidential elector, prothonotary, and clerk of the courts; frequent member of the Pa. state legislature in the 1780s; member, Pa. House of Representatives, in 1795, reelected in 1796 and 1797, member again in 1803)
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