Nathaniel Boileau was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....

 and served as speaker in 1808.

Political Activities

Boileau was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1800 and 1801 from Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...

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Before 1806, he had attempted to run for the U.S. House of Representatives and as Pennsylvania Secretary of State.

Boileau temporarily replaced John M. Hyneman as adjutant-general for the state of Pennsylvania, after the resignation of Hyneman. He also served as aide de camp to the Governor of Pennsylvania.

In 1817, he was Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Secretary of State for Pennsylvania).

He was considered as a possible gubernatorial nominee for the Democratic Republican party in 1820.

Other activities

Robert Loller in his will that Boileau build the Loller Academy at a cost of $11,000.00.

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