John Inskeep (January 29, 1757 – December 18, 1834) was a mayor of

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, serving twice, from 1800 to 1801 and from 1805 to 1806. He was born on his family's homestead near the Marlton section of

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. As a member of the New Jersey militia, he took part in the

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and other engagements. On October 20, 1800, he was elected mayor of Philadelphia, succeeding Robert Wharton, who had been reelected but declined to serve. From 1802 to 1805, he served as an Associate Judge of the Common Pleas. In 1802, he was elected a director of the

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, of which he served as president from 1806, on the death of

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, to 1831, when he retired because of ill health. He died in Philadelphia, where he is buried in

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References

* Henry Edward Wallace, Jr., "Sketch of John Inskeep, Mayor, and President of the Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia", ''The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'', Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 28, no. 2, 1904.

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