William Piper (January 1, 17741852) was an American politician from

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who served as a

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member of the

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for

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from 1811 to 1813 and for

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from 1813 to 1817. He was born at Bloody Run (now Everett) in the Province of Pennsylvania to John and Elizabeth Lusk Piper. He commanded a regiment during the

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, and served as adjutant general of

after the war. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 14th district from 1817 to 1820 and for the 22nd district from 1821 to 1832. Piper was elected as a

to the Twelfth,

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, and Fourteenth Congresses. He died in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania in 1852. Interment in the Piper Cemetery on his farm in Hopewell Township.

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