Biography

09/18/1824 - 06/30/1896

John Weinland Killinger (Washington7) Lancaster and Lebanon Counties 1855-1857 

Early Life:

John Weinland Killinger, born September 18, 1824, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; John and Mary Fannie Shertzer; Annville public school education; Lebanon Academy; Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, Preparatory School; Marshall College, (now Franklin and Marshall College), Lancaster, 1843; studied law in Lancaster under Thaddeus Stevens and was admitted Lancaster bar in 1846; law practice,  Lebanon, 1846-1886; prosecuting attorney, Lebanon County, 1848-1849; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1851; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1855-1857; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1856; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, 1859-1863; assessor of internal revenue, 1864-1866; elected, United States House of Representatives, Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses, 1871-1875; resumed law practice; elected, United States House of Representatives, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, 1877-1881; editor, part owner, Lebanon Courier, 1848-1849; proprietor, Philadelphia Daily News, The Dollar Weekly News, 1848-1849; solicitor, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; married, Mary Hittell Killinger, 1851, children, Charles H. Killinger, Flora Cornelia Killinger; died, June 30, 1896 (aged 71), Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interment, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Studied law, Lancaster, Pennsylvania under Thaddeus Stevens, admitted Lancaster bar, 1846. Editor, part owner, Lebanon Courier through 1849; proprietor, Philadelphia Daily News, The Dollar Weekly News, 1848-1849.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1851. 

Elected, Washington, Pennsylvania State Senate, 7th district, Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, 1855-1857. 

Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1856. 

Assessor of internal revenue, 1864-1866.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, 1859-1863; chairman, Committee on Expenditures, Post Office Department (Thirty-seventh Congress); not a candidate for re-nomination, 1862. 

Elected, United States House of Representatives, Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses, 1871-1875; not a candidate for re-nomination, 1874. 

Elected, United States House of Representatives, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, 1877-1881; not a candidate for re-nomination, 1880.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

Father, Pennsylvania State Senator, John W. Killinger, 7th district, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1839-1841.

John W. Killinger  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

John Weinland Killinger (1824-1896) - Find a Grave Memorial