Robert Philson
Robert Philson(c. 1759 – July 25, 1831) was an Irish-American soldier and politician.
Philson was born inCounty Donegal,Ulster,Ireland,and immigrated to Pennsylvania with his uncle John Fletcher. They kept a store inBerlin,Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
In 1794, Philson was arrested for his involvement in theWhiskey Rebellion.He was sent to Philadelphia for trial, but he and his co-defendant,Herman Husband,were acquitted.[1]
Philson served as associate judge ofSomerset County, Pennsylvania,for twenty years, and also served as a one-term congressman during the16th United States Congress.
Philson was commissioned abrigadier generalof the Second Brigade, Tenth Division,Pennsylvania militiaon May 9, 1800, a position he held during theWar of 1812.
Further reading[edit]
- United States Congress."Robert Philson (id: P000316)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
References[edit]
- ^Wythe Holt,"The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794: A Democratic Working-Class Insurrection".Paper presented atThe Georgia Workshop in Early American History and Culture,2004, p. 79.
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