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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Harmar Denny |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 13, 1794
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| Died | January 29, 1852
(57 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | DENNY, Harmar, (great-grandfather of Harmar Denny Denny, Jr.), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 13, 1794; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1813; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1816 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives 1824-1829
U.S. Representative (Anti-Masonic-PA) 12/15/1829-1837; was not a candidate for renomination in 1836
Resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh, Pa.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1837
Chairman of the Anti-Masonic Party National Convention of 1838
Presidential Elector (W-PA) 1840 and voted for William Henry Harrison for President and John Tyler for Vice President
Commissioner under act of incorporation of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. April 13, 1846; incorporator of Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1848; declined the nomination to be a candidate for Congress in 1850; president of the Pittsburgh & Steubenville Railroad Co. in 1851 and 1852; trustee of the Western University of Pennsylvania and director of the Western Theological Seminary; died in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 29, 1852; interment in Allegheny Cemetery.
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