Andrew Gregg

Andrew Gregg


United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1813
Preceded by	George Logan
Succeeded by	Abner Lacock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's At-large district
In office March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	John Smilie
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's At-large district
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Preceded by	Joseph Hiester
Succeeded by	Daniel Montgomery, Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1755-06-10)June 10, 1755 Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Died	May 20, 1835(1835-05-20) (aged 79) Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Andrew Gregg (June 10, 1755 – May 20, 1835) was an American politician. A Democratic-Republican, he served as a United States Senator for Pennsylvania from 1807 until 1813. Prior to that, he served as a U.S. Representative from 1791 until 1807.

Biography

He was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania son of Andrew Gregg and Jean Scott.^[1] He married Martha Potter ^[2] the daughter of Major General James Potter who was a vice president of the state of Pennsylvania. The couple had 11 children. His son, Andrew Gregg, Jr., built the Andrew Gregg Homestead about 1825. His father, also named Andrew Gregg, was a member of the Paxton Boys.

Andrew Gregg served as a United States Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1791 until 1813: first, in the United States House of Representatives from October 24, 1791 until March 4, 1807, and then in the United States Senate from October 26, 1807 until March 4, 1813. During part of his service in the Senate, he served as President pro tempore. Later in life, he was appointed secretary of state for Pennsylvania, in 1816, and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1823. Prior to his election to the United States Congress, he had served in the militia during the American Revolution, and had been a tutor at the College of Philadelphia, from 1779 to 1783. His grandsons Andrew Gregg Curtin and James Xavier McLanahan^[3] were also prominent Pennsylvania politicians.

Andrew Gregg died in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, aged 80, and was buried in Union Cemetery.

Two Pennsylvania townships are named after Gregg, one in Centre County,^[4] and one in Union County (previously part of Lycoming County).

References

↑ 1978, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, John W. Jordan, page 856
↑ 1896, Pennsylvania: genealogies chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, William Henry Egle, page 294
↑ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000442
↑ "Gregg Township" USGenWeb Project

Sources

Biographical Directory, U.S. Congress, Gregg, Andrew (1755-1835), retrieved 2007-06-14

United States Senate
Preceded by George Logan	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Pennsylvania 1807–1813 Served alongside: Samuel Maclay, Michael Leib	Succeeded by Abner Lacock
Political offices
Preceded by John Milledge	President pro tempore of the United States Senate June 26, 1809 – December 18, 1809	Succeeded by John Gaillard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph Hiester	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1793-1795	Succeeded by Daniel Montgomery, Jr.
Preceded by District created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1795–1803	Succeeded by John Smilie

United States Senators from Pennsylvania

Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey

Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare^† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey

Notes	^† Never officially seated.

Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate

Langdon Lee Langdon Izard H Tazewell Livermore Bingham Bradford Read Sedgwick Laurance Ross Livermore Tracy Howard Hillhouse Baldwin Bradley Brown Franklin Anderson Smith Bradley Milledge Gregg Gaillard Pope Crawford Varnum Gaillard Barbour Gaillard Macon Smith L Tazewell White Poindexter Tyler W R King Southard Mangum Sevier Atchison W R King Atchison Cass Bright Stuart Bright Mason Rusk Fitzpatrick Bright Fitzpatrick Foot Clark Foster Wade Anthony Carpenter Anthony Ferry Thurman Bayard Davis Edmunds Sherman Ingalls Manderson Harris Ransom Harris Frye Office rotated 1911–1913 Bacon Curtis Gallinger Brandegee Lodge Clarke Saulsbury Cummins Moses Pittman W H King Harrison Glass McKellar Vandenberg McKellar Bridges George Hayden Russell Ellender Eastland Magnuson Young Magnuson Thurmond Stennis Byrd Thurmond Byrd Thurmond Byrd Stevens Byrd Inouye Leahy Hatch

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources

Gregg Boyle Gregg Boyle Morrow McKee Robertson Poindexter Anderson Rankin Scott Isacks Wickliffe Clay Boon Casey Corwin Mason Morrow Johnson Morrow Chapman Morrow Davis McClernand Collamer Bowlin Hall Disney Bennett W. Cobb Thayer Potter Julian Ketcham Townsend Sayler Morrison Converse Pound T. Cobb Holman Payson McRae Lacey Mondell J. T. Robinson Ferris Sinnott Colton Evans De Rouen J. W. Robinson Peterson Welch Somers Peterson Murdock A. Miller Engle Aspinall Haley Udall G. Miller Young Hansen Pombo Rahall Hastings Bishop

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 58946819 LCCN: nr92030682 US Congress: G000442

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