Thomas Grubb McCullough

American politician
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IntroAmerican politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician Lawyer
Work fieldLaw Politics
Gender
Male
Birth20 April 1785
Death10 September 1848 (aged 63 years)
Star signTaurus
The details

Biography

Thomas Grubb McCullough (April 20, 1785 – September 10, 1848) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Thomas Grubb McCullough was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert and Prudence (Grubb) McCullough. He studied law and was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar on April 8, 1806. He served in the War of 1812 as a private and later as quartermaster.

McCullough was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Fullerton. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1831 to 1835. He was the first president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company and managed and edited the Franklin Repository. He was president of the Bank of Chambersburg at the time of his death in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1848.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David Fullerton
Andrew Boden
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district

1820–1821
alongside: Andrew Boden
Succeeded by
James Duncan
James McSherry



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