Isaac Griffin

Isaac Griffin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
In office May 24, 1813 – March 3, 1817
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Christian Tarr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th district
In office December 30, 1812 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	John Smilie
Succeeded by	David Bard
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1807-1812
Personal details
Born	February 27, 1756 Kent County, Delaware
Died	October 12, 1827 (aged 71) Nicholson Township, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Isaac Griffin (February 27, 1756 – October 12, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Isaac Griffin (great-grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson and great-great-grandfather of Charles Hudson Griffin) was born in Kent County, Delaware. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was commissioned a captain during the American Revolutionary War. He appointed justice of the peace in 1794 and was elected a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1807 and served four terms.

Griffin was elected as a Democrat-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Smilie. He was reelected to the Fourteenth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth Congress. He died from the effects of a fall from a wagon, on his estate in Nicholson Township, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 1827. Interment on what was known as the old Woods farm in Nicholson Township.

External links

• Isaac Griffin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard