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Abraham Robinson McIlvaine
Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (August 14, 1804 – August 22, 1863) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2] BiographyAbraham R. McIlvaine was born in Ridley, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Chester County, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1836 and 1837.[1][2] McIlvaine was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during the Twenty-eighth Congress.[1][2] An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1848, he resumed his agricultural interests and also engaged in the iron business.[1][2] He died on his estate, "Springton Manor Farm" in Chester County in 1863. Interment in Caln Orthodox Quaker Meeting Burial Ground near Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Reinterment in Northwood Cemetery in Downingtown.[1][2] References
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