Philip Swenk Markley

Philip Swenk Markley (born July 2, 1789 in Norristown , Pennsylvania , †  September 12, 1834 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1827 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip Markley received an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1810, he began to work in Norristown in this profession. In the years 1819 and 1820 he was deputy public prosecutor. Politically, he joined the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1820 and 1823 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate . In the early 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson .

In the congressional election of 1822 , Markley was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded James McSherry on March 4, 1823 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1827 . At the time of his re-election, he had renounced Jackson and joined President John Quincy Adams . Since 1825, the work of Congress has been increasingly burdened by tensions between the Jackson faction and the Adams supporters. In 1826, Markley was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He later served with the Philadelphia Port Authority as a Naval Officer . In 1829 he held the office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania. Philip Markley died on September 12, 1834 in Norristown, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Philip Swenk Markley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Philip Swenk Markley in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James McSherry	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (5th constituency) March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1827	John Benton Sterigere