William Irvine (general)

William Irvine (November 3, 1741  July 29, 1804) was an Irish-American physician, soldier, and statesman from Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

William Irvine
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1793  March 3, 1795
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byNone
Personal details
Born(1741-11-03)November 3, 1741
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Kingdom of Ireland
DiedJuly 29, 1804(1804-07-29) (aged 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyAnti-Administration
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service Continental Army
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Biography

Irvine was born near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh in the Kingdom of Ireland. He served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and represented Pennsylvania in both the Continental Congress (1787–88) and the United States House of Representatives (17931795). During the war, he convinced Colonel William Crawford to come out of retirement and lead an expedition against Indians in villages along the Sandusky River, which ended in Crawford's brutal execution. The militia troops went back under the command of John Rose, a Baltic German officer from Estonia.

He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was buried in a graveyard near Independence Hall. He was reburied in 1833 at the new Ronaldson's Cemetery. When it was closed in the 1950s, the graves of a few Revolutionary War officers such as Irvine were identified by the rector of Old Swedes' and reburied at Gloria Dei Church cemetery.

His great-granddaughter Margaret Biddle married Thomas Biddle of the Biddle family of Philadelphia.

Irvine was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Irvine v. Sims's Lessee.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
None
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district

1793-1795
Succeeded by
None


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