Stephen Barlow (June 13, 1779 – August 24, 1845) was a Jacksonian member of the

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from

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Biography

Stephen Barlow was born in

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. He attended the common schools and

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. He moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1816, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Meadville. Barlow was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession and served in the

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from 1829 to 1831. He was appointed as an associate judge of

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, in January 1831 and served until his death in Meadville in 1845. Interment in Greendale Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barlow, Stephen 1779 births 1845 deaths Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Yale College alumni Pennsylvania state court judges Pennsylvania lawyers Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians Burials at Greendale Cemetery