Blair McClenachan
Blair McClenachan (1751 – May 8, 1812) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Ireland, he immigrated to the United States at an early age and settled in Philadelphia. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and in banking and shipping, and was one of the founders of and served with the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry during the American Revolutionary War. In 1780 he subscribed a large sum of money to help the American forces and aided the Continental Congress with money and credit.
In 1781 his daughter, Deborah, married Colonel Walter Stewart, later Inspector General of the Continental Army and then Major General of the Pennsylvania Militia.
McClenachan was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1790 to 1795, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799. He died in Philadelphia; interment was in a vault in St. Paul's Cemetery.
References
- Blair McClenachan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-03-08
- The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1797–1799 |
Succeeded by Michael Leib |
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- 1751 births
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- 1812 deaths
- 18th-century Irish people
- Continental Army officers from Ireland
- 19th-century Irish people
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution
- Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
- Pennsylvania Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
