Alexander Irvin

Alexander Irvin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 24th district
In office
March 4, 1847  March 3, 1849
Preceded by Joseph Buffington
Succeeded by Alfred Gilmore
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office
1837-1838
Personal details
Born (1800-01-18)January 18, 1800
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Died March 20, 1874(1874-03-20) (aged 74)
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Political party Whig

Alexander Irvin (January 18, 1800 – March 20, 1874) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Alexander Irvin was born in Penns Valley, Centre County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of the area and moved to Curwensville in 1820 and to Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1826. He engaged in mercantile and lumbering pursuits and was the treasurer of Clearfield County from 1828 to 1830.

Irvin was a member of the State senate in 1837 and 1838. He was named the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in 1842. He was the recorder of deeds and register of wills of Clearfield County from 1842 to 1844. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was a United States marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania from January 17 to September 3, 1850, when he resigned. He was named a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872. He then became engaged in mercantile pursuits at Clearfield until his death in 1874. He was buried in the Reed addition to the Old Graveyard, now known as Old Clearfield Cemetery in Clearfield, PA.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Joseph Buffington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district

1847–1849
Succeeded by
Alfred Gilmore


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