Biography

01/01/1774 - 1852

General William Piper (Democratic-Republican 14) Bedford, Cambria and Somerset Counties 1817-1821 (Anti-Masonic22) Bedford and Somerset Counties 1829-1833

Early Life: 

Colonel William Piper, born January 1, 1774, Bloody Run, Bedford County, (now Everett, County, Pennsylvania), Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Major General John Michael and Elizabeth Catherine Lusk Piper; colonel, regiment, War of 1812; Adjutant General of Pennsylvania after the war; elected, Constitutionalist (Quid and Federalist), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1805-1807; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1811-1817; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1813; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, 1817-1821; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, 18291-1833; 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. Adjutant General of Pennsylvania after the war.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Constitutionalist (Quid and Federalist), Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1805-1807.  

Elected, Democratic Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1808-1810; 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Bedford County, 1813.

Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Bedford, Cambria and Somerset Counties, 1817-1821. 

Elected, Anti-Masonic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Bedford and Somerset Counties, 1829-1833. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Twelfth Congress, Thirteenth, Fourteenth Congresses, 1811-1817.

Legacy: 

Father, Major General John Piper Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Bedford, Huntingdon, Somerset Counties, 1801-1805.

John Michael Piper  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

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

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

William Piper (1774-1852) - Find a Grave Memorial