Biography

1765 - 01/11/1809

Mathias Barton (Federalist4) Lancaster County 1796-1800 (Federalist3) Lancaster County 1800-1804

Early Life:

Mathias Barton, born in 1765, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Reverend Thomas and Esther Rittenhouse Barton; admitted, bar, 1778; elected, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1793-1796; elected, Federalist, Senate of Pennsylvania State Senate, 1796-1804; unsuccessful campaign Pennsylvania Treasurer, 1806; married, Esther Hetty Cox, 1791; died, January 11, 1809, (41 years) Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. No other information available.

 Pennsylvania Politics:

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Lancaster County, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Stephenson's Detachment of Militia, 1793-1796.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Lancaster County, 1796-1800.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 3rd district, Lancaster County, 1800-1804

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Treasurer 1806.

Cited:

https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/BM0095

https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/BM0098