Thomas Hale Sill

Thomas Hale Sill (born October 11, 1783 in Windsor , Connecticut , †  February 7, 1856 in Erie , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . From 1826 to 1831 he twice represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Sill attended preparatory schools and then studied until 1804 at Brown University in Providence . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1809, he began to work in this profession in Lebanon ( Ohio ). In 1813 he moved his residence and law firm to Erie, Pennsylvania. There he became a member of the state militia. Between 1816 and 1818 Thomas Sill was US Deputy Marshal . From 1816 to 1817 he also served as mayor ( Burgess ) of Erie; in 1819 he was Deputy Attorney General . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . After their dissolution, he joined the Whigs . In 1823 he sat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives .

After the death of MP Patrick Farrelly , Sill was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 14, 1826. Until March 3, 1827 he was able to end the current legislative period there. In the 1828 congressional election , Sill was re -elected as a Republican in the 18th  electoral district of Pennsylvania to the House of Representatives, where he succeeded Stephen Barlow on March 4, 1829, who had succeeded him two years earlier. Since he refused to run again in 1830, he could only complete one further legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1831 . This was shaped by the discussions about the policy of President Andrew Jackson.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Thomas Sill practiced as a lawyer again. He also became president of the United States Bank branch in the city of Erie in 1837 . In 1837 and 1838 he was a member of a constitutional convention of his state. From 1847 to 1853 he was a postman in Erie. In the presidential election of 1848 , he was one of the Whigs' electors who officially elected Zachary Taylor president. Sill was also the director of the Erie Academy for over 30 years . He died in Erie on February 7, 1856.

Remarks

1. ↑ Since this term is common in Pennsylvania for both the attorney general and the district attorney, it is no longer possible to determine which of these positions he held as deputy.

Web links

• Thomas Hale Sill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Hale Sill in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Patrick Farrelly	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (18th electoral district) March 14, 1826 - March 3, 1827	Stephen Barlow
Stephen Barlow	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (18th electoral district) March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1831	John Banks