Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
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1794-1795 | Democratic-Republican | |||
1795-1796 | Democratic-Republican | |||
1796-1797 | Democratic-Republican |
COUNTIES: Allegheny, Washington
Captain Thomas Stokely (Democratic-Republican11) Allegheny and Washington Counites 1794-1797
Early Life:
Captain Thomas Stokely, born March 27, 1755, Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware; son of John and Elizabeth Baynes Stokely; private, Ranger Company 8th Pennsylvania, commanded, first cousin Nehemiah Stokely, American Revolution; Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; surveyor, Washington County; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1791-1794; elected, Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 1794-1797; unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, 1796; captain, War of 1812; married, Elisabeth Mountford, children, Samuel Stokely, Frances Pope Stokely Wilson, Eliza Wilson Stokely Cox, Ann C Stokely Miller; died, July 25, 1824 (aged 68–69) Washington County, Pennsylvania; interment, Hoge Memorial Burial Ground, Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Washington County, 1791-1794.
Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11thd district, Allegheny and Washington Counites, 1794-1797.
Unsuccessful campaign, United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 12th district, 1796.
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)
Capt Thomas Stockley (1755-1824) - Find a Grave Memorial