Biography

01/16/1763 - 05/03/1829

Samuel Cochran (Federalist2) Chester and Delaware Counties, 1818-1821

Early Life: 

Samuel Cochran, born January 16, 1763, Sadsburyville, Sadsbury Township, Chester Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Stephen and Jane Young Cochran; married, Rebecca McMechen; children, James Mitchell Cochran, Mary Cochran, Jane Cochran, Isabella Cochran, and Ann Cochran; unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Chester County, 1798, 1799, 1810; unsuccessful campaigns, Auditor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1813, 1814; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1816-1818; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1818-1821; died, May 3, 1829 (age 66), Cochranville, West Fallowfield Township, Chester, Pennsylvania; Burial location unknown. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaigns, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Chester County, 1798, 1799, 1810.

Unsuccessful campaigns, Auditor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1813, 1814.   

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Chester County, 1816-1818.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1818-1821.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Cited:

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

Samuel Cochran (1763 - 1829) - Genealogy (geni.com)

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)