Member Biography

Henry Logan 

Pennsylvania Senate Seal
Sessions Office Position District Party
1826-1827       14 Democrat
1827-1828       14 Democrat
1828-1829       14 Democrat
1829-1830       14 Democrat
1830-1831       14 Democrat

COUNTIES: Adams, York  


Biography

04/14/1784 - 12/26/1866

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Logan (D14) Adams and York Counties 1826-1831

Early Life:

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Logan, born April 14, 1784, Monaghan Township, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania; common school education; engaged, agricultural pursuits; captain, lieutenant colonel, War of 1812; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1826-1831; elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, 1835-1837; reelected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 18371839; resumed, farming; member, Board of Commissioners of York County, 1840; York County Auditor; died, December 26, 1866, Logania plantation near Monaghan Township, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania; interment, Dillsburg Cemetery, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career: 

War of 1812, volunteered, for the defense of Baltimore, 1814; captain, Nineteenth Regiment, Second Brigade, Fifth Division, Pennsylvania Militia; commissioned, Lieutenant Colonel, August 1, 1814.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Adams and York Counties, 1826-1831.

Member, Board of Commissioners of York County, 1840; York County Auditor.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fourth Congress, 1835-1837.

Reelected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fifth Congress, 1837-1839; not a candidate for renomination, 1839.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available.

Legacy: 

Named after Colonel Henry Logan; Loganville, borough in York County Pennsylvania, United States, founded, 1820. 

Tombstone Inscription

COL HENRY LOGAN

1784-1866

10TH. CO., 19TH. REG., 2ND BRIGADE

5TH DIV., PA. MILITIA - WAR OF 1812

FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF NORTH POINT

MEMBER OF PA. ASSEMBLY AND U. S. CONGRESS

Cited:

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

COL Henry Logan (1784-1866) - Find a Grave Memorial

 

Congressional Biography

After 5 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Henry Logan  went on to serve in congress - opens in a new tab