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Biography

Judge John Gloninger (Federalist) Berks and Dauphin Counties 1790-1792

Early Life: 

Judge John Gloninger, born September 19, 1758, Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, (now Lebanon County), Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Philip L. and Anna Barbara Schwab Gloninger; Reformed Church education; subaltern officer, Associators, Revolutionary War, later was in command of a battalion of militia; upon the organization of Dauphin County,  appointed, supreme executive council, lieutenant, May 6, 1785; elected, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Dauphin County, 1789; Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, resigned before serving, 1790; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1790-1792; appointed, Governor Mifflin, justice of the peace, Dauphin County, September 8, 1790; commissioned, associate judge, August 17, 1791, upon the formation, Lebanon County, commissioned, September 11, 1813, one of the associate judges for that county; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 4th district, 1808; elected, Federalist, United States House of Representatives, Thirteenth Congress, March 4, 1813, resigned, August 2, 1813; appointed, associate judge, Lebanon County, 1813-1836; married, Catharine Orth, children, Philip Gloninger, John Gloninger, John W. Gloninger, Cyrus Gloninger; died, January 22, 1836 (age 77 years, 125 days), Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interment, First Reformed Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Dauphin County, 1789

Elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, unicameral State Assembly, resigned before serving, 1790. 

Elected, Federalist, original member, Pennsylvania State Senate, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1790-1792; resigned, December 4, 1792, replaced by John Andre Hanna, December 7, 1792. 

Appointed, Pennsylvania first Governor Thomas Mifflin, justice of the peace, Dauphin County, September 8, 1790.

Commissioned, associate judge, August 17, 1791, upon the formation, Lebanon County, commissioned, September 11, 1813. 

Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 4th district, 1808. 

Elected, Federalist, United States House of Representatives, 3rd district, Thirteenth Congress, March 4, 1813, resigned, August 2, 1813.

Legacy: 

Brother-in-law, Pennsylvania State Senator Christian Henry Orth, Berks and Dauphin Counties, 1801-1802. 

Christian Henry Orth  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited: 

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

John Gloninger (1758-1836) - Find a Grave Memorial