William Milnor (June 26, 1769 – December 13, 1848) was a member of the

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from

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and

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. William Milnor was born in

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. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a

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to the Tenth and

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Congresses. He served as chairman of the

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during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822. Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in

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, and was buried in that city's Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard. Milnor was a slaveowner.

Family

William Milnor was the brother of

James Milnor James Milnor (June 20, 1773 Philadelphia – April 8, 1845 Manhattan, New York) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for two years (1811–1813), a lawyer for 16 years (1794 to 1810), and an Episcopal priest for ye ...

, a lawyer, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and rector of St. George’s Chapel in Manhattan, New York.

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