Philadelph Van Trump (November 15, 1810 – July 31, 1874) was an American politician who served as a

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from

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from 1867 to 1873.

Biography

Born in

Lancaster, Ohio Lancaster ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Ohio, in the south-central part of the state. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 40,552. The city is near the Hocking River, about southeast of Columbus and southwest of Zanesville. It is ...

, Van Trump attended a public school. He learned the art of printing and subsequently became editor of the ''Gazette and Enquirer'' at Lancaster. He also studied law and was

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. He started practice in Lancaster on May 14, 1838. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852. In 1856, Van Trump was an unsuccessful candidate of the American Party for Governor. He served as delegate to the Bell and Everett State convention in 1860 and served as president. He served as judge of the court of common pleas from 1862 to 1867. Van Trump failed in elections to be a judge on the

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in 1863, 1864, and 1865. Van Trump was elected as a

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to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872. He served as president of the Democratic State convention in 1869. Van Trump resumed the practice of law in

, and died there on July 31, 1874. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

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