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Senate Years of Service: 1807-1813 Party: Democratic Republican
GREGG, Andrew, (grandfather of James Xavier McLanahan),
a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Carlisle, Pa., June 10,
1755; attended Rev. John Steels Latin School in Carlisle and the Academy in Newark, Del.; served
in the Delaware militia of the Revolution; tutor in the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia
1779-1783; moved to Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa., in 1783 and engaged in mercantile pursuits;
moved to Penns Valley (now in Bucks County), Pa., in 1789; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected
to the Second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1791-March 3, 1807); chairman,
Committee on Public Lands (Ninth Congress); elected as a Democratic Republican to the United
States Senate and served from March 4, 1807, to March 3, 1813; served as President pro tempore
of the Senate during the Eleventh Congress; moved to Bellefonte, Pa., in 1814 and engaged in
banking; secretary of State of Pennsylvania 1820-1823; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in
1823; died in Bellefonte, Pa., May 20, 1835; interment in Union Cemetery.
Bibliography American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography.
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