William Plunkett Maclay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Plunkett Maclay
American politician
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1774
Place of Birth: Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 02-Sep-1842
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About William Plunkett Maclay
- William Plunkett Maclay (August 23, 1774 – September 2, 1842) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. William P.
- Maclay (son of Samuel Maclay and nephew of William Maclay) was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
- He was prothonotary of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, from 1808 to 1814, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Maclay was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Burnside.
- He was reelected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses.
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1820.
- He was a member of the State convention to alter and amend the constitution at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1837.
- He was later engaged as a surveyor and in agricultural pursuits.
- He died in Milroy, Pennsylvania, in 1842.
- Interment in Milroy Presbyterian Cemetery.
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