Biography

01/15/1809 - 02/07/1858

James Darwin Dunlap (Whig27) Erie County 1846

Early Life:

James Darwin Dunlap, born January 15, 1809, Kaskaskia, Indiana Territory; son of Doctor James and Nancy Tuttle Dunlap; relocated via steamer down the Mississippi, Erie County, Pennsylvania; read law; admitted, Erie bar, 837; law partner, Elijah Babbitt; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1841-1842; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1844-1845; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1846; school director; trustee, Erie Academy; founder, Sunday school superintendent, Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church; major force behind the construction, first Erie High School; married, Marian Finley Russell, 1853, children, Emma Dunlap, Wallace J Dunlap; died, February 7, 1858; interment, Erie Cemetery, Erie County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1841-1842. 

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1844-1845.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate 1846; succeeded law partner Elijah Babbitt, 1844-1845. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited:

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

Nelson’s Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County; also: Walling, Memoirs of Erie County, Pa., Bench and Bar”

James D. Dunlap (1809-1858) - Find a Grave Memorial