Jeremiah Langhorne

Jeremiah Langhorne (died 1742) was a prominent landowner and jurist in colonial Pennsylvania. He is the namesake of present-day Langhorne, Pennsylvania,^[1] which adopted his name in 1876, and neighboring Langhorne Manor.

A Quaker, Langhorne settled with his family in Bucks County in 1684. Records show that he purchased 7,200 acres (29 km²) there in 1724. He represented Bucks County in the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, of which he served twice as Speaker. He was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1726, and served as chief justice from 1739 until his death in 1742.

References

↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 181.

Preceded by James Logan	Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 1739–1742	Succeeded by William Allen

Chief Justices of Pennsylvania

18th Century	David Lloyd Jeremiah Langhorne James Logan William Allen Benjamin Chew Thomas McKean Edward Shippen, IV

19th Century	William Tilghman John Bannister Gibson Jeremiah S. Black Ellis Lewis Walter H. Lowrie George W. Woodward James Thompson John M. Read Daniel Agnew George Sharswood Ulysses Mercur Isaac G. Gordon Edward M. Paxson James P. Sterrett Henry Green J. Brewster McCollum

20th Century	James T. Mitchell D. Newlin Fell J. Hay Brown Robert von Moschzisker Robert S. Frazer John W. Kephart William I. Schaffer George W. Maxey James B. Drew Horace Stern Charles Alvin Jones John C. Bell Jr. Benjamin R. Jones Michael J. Eagen Henry X. O'Brien Samuel J. Roberts Robert N. C. Nix Jr. John P. Flaherty Jr. Ralph Cappy

21st Century	Ronald D. Castille Thomas G. Saylor

Speakers of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly (1682–1775)

Wynne More White Cook Growdon Clark Growdon Lloyd Shippen Simcock Blunston Pemberton Blunston Growdon Lloyd Growdon Hill Norris Growdon Lloyd Growdon Hill Trent Dickinson Trent Norris Langhorne Growdon Lloyd Biles Lloyd Hamilton Langhorne Hamilton Kinsey Wright Kinsey Norris (II) Leech Norris (II) Leech Norris (II) Franklin Norris (II) Fox Galloway Fox Galloway Biddle Morton

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