Isaac Roach

American politician

Isaac Roach (February 24, 1786 – December 29, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, from 1838 to 1839. He was a captain in the United States Army and fought in the War of 1812.^[1] He was brevetted to Major in April 1823,^[2] and resigned from the army on April 1, 1824.^[3] He became the mayor of Philadelphia in 1838 and was later appointed the Treasurer of the Mint.^[4]

On October 4, 1819, Roach married Mary Huddell.^[5]

Roach died in 1848 in Philadelphia, where he is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.

References

^ Stryker's American Register and Magazine. W.M. Morrison. 1849. p. 251.
^ Jenkins, Howard Malcolm; Seilhamer, George Overcast (1895). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to Year 1895. Harvard University: New York History Co. pp. 499. Isaac Roach mayor.
^ "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. University of Michigan: Historical Society of Pennsylvania: 129. 1893. ISSN 0031-4587. Isaac Roach.
^ Simpson, Henry (1859). The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. W. Brotherhead. pp. 847. Major Roach.
^ Mackenzie, George Norbury; Rhoades, Nelson Osgood (1917). Colonial Families of the United States of America. University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Grafton Press. pp. 386. Isaac Roach mayor.