U.S. Congressman. As a contractor, he was superintendent-supervisor on the Juniata Canal in 1828 and established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He was appointed adjutant general of Pennsylvania in 1838, constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company and president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company, which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. Entering politics, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving 1859-69. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his former business activities and was president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, from 1877, until his death.
U.S. Congressman. As a contractor, he was superintendent-supervisor on the Juniata Canal in 1828 and established the first passenger packet line on the Pennsylvania Canal in 1835. He was appointed adjutant general of Pennsylvania in 1838, constructed the Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company and president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company, which later became the Western Union Telegraph Company. Entering politics, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving 1859-69. Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed his former business activities and was president of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, from 1877, until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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