Abner Lacock

Abner Lacock

Abner Lacock (born July 9, 1770 in Alexandria , Colony of Virginia , †  April 12, 1837 in Freedom , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) who represented the state of Pennsylvania in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Originally from Virginia, Abner Lacock moved with his parents to Washington County , Pennsylvania , as a teenager . In 1796 he settled in Beaver , where he took over the duties of justice of the peace that same year. He also worked as an innkeeper. His political career began with membership in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives between 1801 and 1803; then he was until 1804 associate judge on the Court of Beaver County . Another term in the state parliament followed from 1804 to 1808; Immediately thereafter he entered the Pennsylvania Senate and stayed there until 1810. In the state militia he rose to Brigadier General, which is why he was often called General Lacock in later years .

On March 4, 1811, Lacock entered the United States House of Representatives for the eleventh congressional electoral district of Pennsylvania . Two years later he was re-elected, but since he was also elected to the US Senate at the same time , he moved to this Chamber of Parliament on March 4, 1813. During his six-year tenure, he chaired the Pension Committee , among other things . After his time in Congress, Lacock was named Pennsylvania Commissioner for the State's Canals and Railways in 1825. Another tenure in the Pennsylvania Senate followed from 1832 to 1835, before he was given the task in 1836 of surveying the future Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal and then designing it. However, he died the following year.

Web links

• Abner Lacock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abner Lacock in the database of Find a Grave (English)