William Milnor was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 and Mayor of Philadelphia.

William Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist

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 to the Tenth

10th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: Samuel Smith , elected April 16, 1808** Stephen R. Bradley , elected December 28, 1808** John Milledge , elected January 30, 1809...

 and Eleventh

11th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore:** John Milledge ** Andrew Gregg , elected June 26, 1809** John Gaillard , elected February 28, 1810...

 Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts

United States House Committee on Accounts

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 during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth

14th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth

17th United States Congress

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 Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822.

Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in Burlington, New Jersey

Burlington, New Jersey

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, and was buried in that city's Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard

Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington

St. Mary's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal parish in Burlington, New Jersey, in the United States. In 1695 settlers acquired land for a cemetery at West Broad and Wood streets. They built St. Mary's Church there in 1703. It is the oldest Episcopal church in New Jersey.With a growing...

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External links

• William Milnor at The Political Graveyard
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