McCullough, Thomas Grubb, 1785-1848

Dates

• Existence: 1785 - 1848

Biography

Thomas Grubb McCullough (April 20, 1785 – September 10, 1848) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar on April 8, 1806. He served in the War of 1812 as a private and later as quartermaster. McCullough was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Fullerton. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1831 to 1835. He was the first president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company and managed and edited the Franklin Repository. He was president of the Bank of Chambersburg. at the time of his death in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1848.

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