William Ramsey (September 7, 1779 – September 29, 1831) was a member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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William Ramsey born at
Sterretts Gap, Pennsylvania. He was appointed surveyor for
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 259,469. Its county seat is Carlisle.
Cumberland County is included in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.
Histo ...
, in 1803, and served as clerk of the orphans’ court of Cumberland County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2020 United States census, ...
.
Ramsey was elected to the
Twentieth Congress; reelected as a
Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first and
Twenty-second Congresses and served until his death in Carlisle. Interment in Ashland Cemetery.
See also
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Sources
The Political Graveyard
External links
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Pennsylvania lawyers
People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1779 births
1831 deaths
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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