Biography

08/06/1791 - 04/26/1857

Thomas Erskine Carson (Whig18) Adams and Franklin Counties 1845-1847 (Whig11) Adams and Franklin Counties 1851-1853

Early Life:

Thomas Erskine Carson, born, August 6, 1791, Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; son of David and Jean Oliver Carson; teacher; engaged, hat manufacturing; merchant; married Agnes Craig King, 1808, children, Elliza Jane Carson, William Carson, Washington Carson, Thomas Carson, Emeline Carson, David Carson, Rose Carson; elected, auditor, Franklin County, 1824-1827; elected, magistrate, Mercersburg; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1834-1836; elected Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1843-1844; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1845-1847; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1851-1853, elected, Speaker of the Senate, 1853; died, April 26, 1857 (aged 65), Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, auditor, Franklin County, 1824-1827; Elected, magistrate, Mercersburg.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1834-1836.

Elected Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1843-1844.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18^th district, Adams and Franklin Counties, 1845-1847; defeated for re-election, fellow Whig William R. Saddler.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11th district, Adams and Franklin Counties, 1851-1853, chairman, Election Districts Committee, 1851, chairman, Pensions and Gratuities Committee, 1852, elected, Speaker of the Senate, 1853; supported the popular election of judges, stricter regulation of the borough system, the repeal of the Walker Tariff, and federal reprisal against slave kidnappers. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

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

Cited:

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

History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Company, 1887), page 848.

Thomas Carson (1791-1857) - Find a Grave Memorial