John Westbrook (Pennsylvania), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Westbrook (Pennsylvania)
American politician
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1789
Place of Birth: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 08-Oct-1852
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About John Westbrook (Pennsylvania)
- John Westbrook (January 9, 1789 – October 8, 1852) was a Democratic member of the U.S.
- House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Westbrook was born in Sussex County, New Jersey.
- He moved with his parents to Pike County, Pennsylvania, in 1792 and settled near Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania.
- He attended private schools and was engaged in lumbering and agricultural pursuits.
- He served as a colonel in the State militia in 1812 and as sheriff of Pike County in 1817.
- He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1833. Westbrook was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress.
- He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress.
- He resumed agricultural pursuits and died near Dingmans Ferry in 1852.
- Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Milford, Pennsylvania.
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