William Maclay (March 22, 1765 – January 4, 1825) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Maclay was born in Lurgan Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the country schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of his profession at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was county commissioner of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1805 and 1806. He was a member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

in 1807 and 1808, and served as associate judge for the Cumberland district in 1809. Maclay was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses. He died in Lurgan in 1825 and was interred in Middle Springs Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maclay, William Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives People from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 1765 births 1825 deaths Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania