Thomas Hartley

Thomas Hartley

Thomas Hartley (born September 7, 1748 in Reading , Province of Pennsylvania , †  December 21, 1800 in York , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1800 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Hartley grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1769, he began to work in this profession in York. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution . In 1775 he was a member of the Philadelphia Provincial Congress . He subsequently took part in the War of Independence as a lieutenant colonel and later as a colonel in a regiment from Pennsylvania . His unit was part of the Continental Army . In 1778 he led an expedition against the Indians allied with the British. That same year he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. After the war he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1787 he was a delegate to the assembly that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of Pennsylvania . Politically, he was close to George Washington and Alexander Hamilton . In the late 1790s he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Hamilton .

In the Pennsylvania state-wide congressional elections in 1789 , Hartley was first elected to the US House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 21, 1800 . From 1791 to 1793 he represented the seventh and since 1795 the eighth constituency of his state.

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
New constituency established	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) March 4, 1795 - December 21, 1800	John Stewart