Biography

04/19/1799 - 08/16/1884

Judge Robert Plunket Maclay (W8) Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry and Union Counties 1838-1842

Early Life: 

Judge Robert Plunket Maclay, born April 19, 1799, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel Maclay and Elizabeth Plunket; Academy at Bedford, Pennsylvania; married, Margaret Clark Lashells, 1825 (d.1845) children, Captain Samuel Ralph Maclay, George Lashells Maclay , Lieutenant Charles Maclay, Mary Elizabeth Maclay, Captain William Plunket Maclay; elected, Anti-Masonic, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1833-1834; appointed, Governor Ritner, prothonotary, Union County, 1836-1839; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1838-1842; appointed, Governor Johnston, Associate Judge, Clarion County, 1844-1853; engaged, construction, St. Louis, Missouri Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, 1854-1857, returned to Clarion County, Pennsylvania; died, August 16, 1884, (aged 85) Kishacoquillas Valley, Brown Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Church Hill Cemetery Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Anti-Masonic, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives 1833-1834.  

Appointed, Governor Joseph Ritner, prothonotary, Union County, January 6, 1836-1839.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry and Union Counties, 1838-1842. 

Appointed, Governor William Freame Johnston, Associate Judge, Clarion County, 1844-1853.

Engaged, construction, St. Louis, Missouri Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, 1854-1857, he returned to Clarion County.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Legacy: 

Father, Samuel Maclay (1741-1811) - of Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. Born in Logan Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1741. Continental Army, Revolutionary War;  Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1787-91, 1797; county judge, Pennsylvania, 1792-95; United States Representative, Pennsylvania 10th District, 1795-97; Pennsylvania State Senate, 1798-1802; United States Senator, 1803-09; resigned, 1809. Died, Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1811 (age 70 years, 110 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Union County, Pennsylvania; cenotaph at Driesbach Church Cemetery, Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania.

Cited:    

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

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