Abner Lacock

Abner Lacock


United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1819
Preceded by	Andrew Gregg
Succeeded by	Walter Lowrie
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th district
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Samuel Smith
Succeeded by	William Findley
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1808-1810
Member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature
In office 1801-1803 1804-1808 1832-1835
Personal details
Born	(1770-07-09)July 9, 1770 Alexandria, Virginia
Died	April 12, 1837(1837-04-12) (aged 66) Freedom, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Abner Lacock (July 9, 1770 – April 12, 1837) was an American surveyor, civil engineer, and politician from Rochester, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate.

Biography

Abner Lacock was born on July 7, 1770, near Alexandria, Virginia. He moved with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, as a youth. In 1796 he moved to Beaver, Pennsylvania. He was a justice of the peace in 1796. He also worked as an innkeeper. He served in the Pennsylvania State Legislature from 1801 to 1803. He was an associate judge of the Beaver County Court from 1803 to 1804. He served again in the State legislature from 1804 to 1808. He was member of the Pennsylvania Militia and served as brigadier general in 1807. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1808 to 1810.

Lacock was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Twelfth Congress. He was re-elected to the Thirteenth Congress but resigned before it commenced, having been elected Senator. He was elected to the United States Senate as a Democratic Republican in 1812. He served as chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Pensions during the Fifteenth Congress. After he left Congress, he was appointed a State commissioner to survey routes for canals and railways in Pennsylvania in 1825. He again served in the State legislature from 1832 to 1835. He was appointed to survey and construct the Pennsylvania & Ohio Canal in 1836. He died near Freedom, Pennsylvania, in 1837. Interment in Lacock Cemetery in Rochester, Pennsylvania.

Abner was frequently referred to as General Lacock after he served as a brigadier general in the state militia.

External links

United States Congress. "Abner Lacock (id: L000011)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel Smith	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1811–1813	Succeeded by William Findley
United States Senate
Preceded by Andrew Gregg	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Pennsylvania 1813–1819 Served alongside: Michael Leib, Jonathan Roberts	Succeeded by Walter Lowrie

United States Senators from Pennsylvania

Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey

Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare^† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey

Notes	^† Never officially seated.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 28565181 LCCN: n86813046 US Congress: L000011

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