Alexander Ogle (August 10, 1766 – October 14, 1832) was an American politician who served as a Jackson Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1817 to 1819.

Early life

Ogle was born August 10, 1766, in Frederick, Maryland. In 1795, he moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania. He is the father of Charles Ogle and grandfather of Andrew Jackson Ogle[1]

Career

He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1803, 1804, 1807, 1808, and 1811. During the war of 1812, he served as major general in the Pennsylvania militia, commanding the 12th division, comprising recruits from Somerset, Bedford and Cambria counties.[2] He worked as prothonotary, recorder of deeds, and clerk of courts from 1812 to 1817.[1] He owned slaves.[3]

Ogle was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818. He served again as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1819 to 1823, and served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district in 1827 and 1828. He died in Somerset in 1832 and was interred in Union Cemetery.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Senate - Alexander Ogle Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ Koontz, William H. (1906). History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 248–249. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-11
  4. ^ "Alexander Ogle". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives Preceded by Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1803-1804, 1807-1808, 1811, 1819-1823 Succeeded by U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Piper Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1817–1819 Succeeded byRobert Philson Pennsylvania State Senate Preceded byChauncey Forward Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, 22nd district 1827-1828 Succeeded byHenry Humbert Fore


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