william, simonton, delaware, state, legislator, william, simonton, february, 1788, 1846, whig, member, house, representatives, from, pennsylvania, born, west, hanover, township, pennsylvania, near, harrisburg, pennsylvania, jane, wiggins, graduated, from, medi. For the Delaware state legislator see William A Simonton William Simonton February 12 1788 May 17 1846 was a Whig member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania William Simonton was born in West Hanover Township Pennsylvania near Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Dr William Simonton and Jane Wiggins 1 He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1810 and practiced his profession while residing on his farm near Hummelstown Pennsylvania Simonton was elected auditor of Dauphin County Pennsylvania in 1823 and served three years He was one of the original supporters of the free school system established by the act of 1834 Simonton was elected as a Whig to the Twenty sixth and Twenty seventh Congresses He died in South Hanover Township Pennsylvania in 1846 Interment in the Old Hanover Cemetery north of Shellsville Pennsylvania One of his sons Ashbel Green Simonton was a Presbyterian minister and the first missionary to settle a Protestant Church in Brazil Sources editUnited States Congress William Simonton id S000427 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress The Political Graveyard American Historical Company History of Pittsburgh and Environs Volume 1 The American Historical Society Inc New York and Chicago 1922 pg 119External links editWilliam Simonton at Find a Grave U S House of Representatives Preceded byLuther Reily Member of the U S House of Representatives from Pennsylvania s 10th congressional district1839 1843 Succeeded byRichard Brodhead nbsp This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Simonton amp oldid 1191350652, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,