Isaac Leet
Isaac Leet | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's21stdistrict | |
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | |
Preceded by | Thomas M. T. McKennan |
Succeeded by | Joseph Lawrence |
Member of thePennsylvania Senatefor the20th district | |
In office 1833–1836 | |
Preceded by | Jonathan Knight |
Succeeded by | John James Pearson |
Member of thePennsylvania Senatefor the17th district | |
In office 1837–1838 | |
Preceded by | George McCulloch |
Succeeded by | John Hoge Ewing |
Personal details | |
Born | 1801 Washington, Pennsylvania,US |
Died | June 10, 1844 Washington, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 42–43)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Washington College |
Isaac Leet(1801 – June 10, 1844) was an American politician fromPennsylvaniawho served as aDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesforPennsylvania's 21st congressional districtfrom 1839 to 1841.
Biography
[edit]Isaac Leet was born nearWashington, Pennsylvania.He graduated from Washington College (nowWashington & Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1822. He studied law underThomas McKean Thompson McKennan[1]was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Washington, Pennsylvania. He served as treasurer ofWashington County, Pennsylvania,from 1826 to 1830. He was deputy attorney general of Washington County from 1830 to 1834, and was a member of thePennsylvania State Senatefor the20th districtfrom 1833 to 1836 and the17th districtfrom 1837 to 1838.[2]
Leet was elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-sixthCongress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1840to theTwenty-seventhCongress. He died in Washington in 1844.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^Crumrine, Boyd (1902).The courts of justice, bench & bar of Washington County, Pennsylvania.Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons. p.280.RetrievedNovember 5,2019.
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- ^"Pennsylvania State Senate - Isaac Leet Biography".www.legis.state.pa.us.RetrievedNovember 4,2019.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress."Isaac Leet (id: L000211)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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