Henry Logan

Henry Logan (born April 14, 1784 in Dillsburg , York County , Pennsylvania , †  December 26, 1866 there ) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Logan attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. He served in the Pennsylvania Militia during the British-American War . In 1814 he was one of the defenders of the city of Baltimore . He rose to lieutenant colonel. Logan was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in 1818 and 1819 ; from 1828 to 1831 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional elections of 1834 Logan was elected in the eleventh constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles Augustus Barnitz on March 4, 1835 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1839 . In 1838 he renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Henry Logan worked again in agriculture. In 1840 he served on the York County County Council. There he also worked as a district auditor. He died on December 26, 1866 on the Logania Plantation near Dillsburg.

Web links

• Henry Logan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry Logan in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles Augustus Barnitz	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839	James Gerry