Biography

01/01/1774 - 1852

Colonel William Piper (Democratic-Republican 14) Bedford County, 1817-1820 (Democratic-Republican22) Cambria, Somerset Counties 1821-1832

Early Life: 

Colonel William Piper, born January 1, 1774, Bloody Run (now Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania), Province of Pennsylvania; son of John and Elizabeth Catherine Lusk Piper; colonel, regiment, War of 1812; Adjutant General of Pennsylvania after the war; elected, Jeffersonian Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1811-1817; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, 1817-1820; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, 1821-1832; married, Catherine Orth Piper, children, Willie Piper, Luther R. Piper; died, 1852, on his farm, Hopewell Township, near Everett, Pennsylvania; interment, Piper Family Cemetery, Cypher, near Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Colonel, commanded regiment, War of 1812.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Jeffersonian Republican, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district, Twelfth Congress, 1811-1813.

Elected, Jeffersonian Republican, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, Thirteenth, Fourteenth Congresses, 1813-1817.

Pennsylvania Politics:  

Adjutant General of Pennsylvania after the war.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Bedford County, 1817-1820.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Cambria, Somerset Counties, 1821-1832.

Legacy:

Father, Major General Pennsylvania State Senator John Piper, Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset Counties, 1801-1804

Cited:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29206256/william-piper