Biography

08/03/1783 - 01/06/1869

Colonel Thomas Ringland (D20) Greene and Washington Counties 1828-1830 (D20) Washington County 1830-1831 (D20) Greene and Washington Counties 1831-1833 (D20) Washington County 1833-1834

Early Life: 

Colonel Thomas Ringland, born August 3, 1783, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1783; son of William and Prudence Bailie Ringland; settled, Ten Mile Creek, Morris Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; engaged, farming: married Anna McCollum, 1811; one daughter, five sons; Major, War of 1812; Colonel, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, Washington County, 1820; elected, Democrat, House of Representatives, 1825-1828; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate 1828-1834; Speaker of the Senate, 1834; died, January 6, 1868 (aged 84) Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois, interment, Fairview Cemetery, Kansas, Edgar County, Illinois. 

Early Career:

Major, War of 1812; Colonel, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Farming.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Sheriff, Washington County, Pennsylvania, 1820.

Elected, Democrat, House of Representatives, Washington County, 1825-1828.
Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Greene and Washington Counties, 1828-1830, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Washington County 1830-1831, chairman, Militia Committee, 1829-1831, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Greene and Washington Counties 1831-1833, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Washington County 1833-1834, elected, Speaker of the Senate, 1834.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available at this time

Legacy:

Moved, Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois, 1857. Daughter and one son had passed. All remaining sons lived in Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois.  

Cited:

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

The Last Will and Testament of William Ringland, Washington County, Pennsylvania Willbook 4, page 301. 

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

History of Washington County, editor Boyd Crumrine (Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1882), pages 844-845.

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