Robert Waln

Robert Waln (born February 22, 1765 in Philadelphia , Province of Pennsylvania , †  January 24, 1836 there ) was an American politician . Between 1798 and 1801 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After only a limited education, Robert Waln worked in trade with the East Indies and China. He later embarked on a political career. For several years he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . He was also on the Philadelphia City Council. In the late 1790s he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton .

After the death of MP John Swanwick , Waln was elected in the due by-election for the first seat of Pennsylvania to his successor in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia, where he took up his new mandate on December 3, 1798. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1801 .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Waln ran some iron works. During the British-American War of 1812 , he founded a cotton mill in Trenton , New Jersey . He later became President of Philadelphia Insurance Co. and Curator of the University of Pennsylvania . Robert Waln died on January 24, 1836 in Philadelphia, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Robert Waln in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Waln in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Swanwick	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (1st constituency) December 3, 1798 - March 3, 1801	William Jones