William Milnor

American politician

William Milnor
portrait by John Neagle

Born	26 June 1769 Philadelphia
Died	13 December 1848 (aged 79) Burlington
Resting place	Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard
Occupation	Politician
Position held	United States representative

William Milnor (June 26, 1769 – December 13, 1848) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.

William Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822.

Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried in that city's Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard.^[1]

Milnor was a slaveowner.^[2]

Family

William Milnor was the brother of James Milnor, a lawyer, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and rector of St. George’s Chapel in Manhattan, New York.

References

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- United States Congress. "William Milnor (id: M000786)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.. Accessed August 15, 2007.
^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo. "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-02-27.

External links

William Milnor at The Political Graveyard

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Robert Brown John Pugh Frederick Conrad	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1807–1811 1807–1811 alongside: Robert Brown 1807–1809 alongside: John Pugh 1809–1811 alongside: John Ross	Succeeded by Robert Brown Jonathan Roberts William Rodman
Preceded by Adam Seybert William Anderson John Conard Charles J. Ingersoll	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1815–1817 1815–1817 alongside: Joseph Hopkinson, John Sergeant and Thomas Smith 1815 alongside: Jonathan Williams	Succeeded by William Anderson Adam Seybert John Sergeant Joseph Hopkinson
Preceded by Joseph Hemphill, John Sergeant Thomas Forrest Samuel Edwards	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 1821–1822 alongside: Joseph Hemphill, John Sergeant and Samuel Edwards	Succeeded by Joseph Hemphill, John Sergeant Thomas Forrest Samuel Edwards
Political offices
Preceded by Benjamin Wood Richards	Mayor of Philadelphia 1829	Succeeded by Benjamin Wood Richards