Biography

01/08/1775 - 02/28/1827

Brigadier General John Harrison (D8) Dauphin and Lebanon Counties 1823-1824

Early Life:

Brigadier General John Harrison, born January 8, 1775, Hanover Township, Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Isaac and Sarah Harrison; subscription education; engaged, fathers farm; engaged, iron manufacturing business; elected, Dauphin County Commissioner, 1807-1810; private, War of 1812; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1814; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1817-1818; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1821-1822; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1823-1824; brigadier-general, Pennsylvania Militia; married, Frances Rodgers Harrison, daughter, Jean Harrison Wilson; married, second, Rachel Harrison; died, February 28, 1837 (aged 62 years, 1 month, 20 days), residence, Hanover, Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Old Hanover Presbyterian Churchyard, Grantville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career: 

Private, Captain Thomas McIlhenny's Company, 2nd Regiment, 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, defense of Baltimore, 1814; brigadier-general, Pennsylvania Militia. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Commissioner, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1807-1810.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1814. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1817-1818. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1821-1822. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1823-1824.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not available currently 

Cited: 

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Gen John Harrison (1775-1837) - Find a Grave Memorial