Name Archibald McAllister | Role U.S. representative | |
Died July 18, 1883, Royer, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Archibald McAllister (October 12, 1813 – July 18, 1883) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Early life and education
Archibald McAllister (grandson of John Andre Hanna) was born at Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, near present-day Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He moved to Blair County, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and engaged in manufacturing charcoal iron at Springfield Furnace, Pennsylvania.
Career
McAllister was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress. Although he was a Democrat, he supported the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864.
Later life and death
He resumed the manufacture of iron and died in Royer, Pennsylvania. He is interred in Mountain Cemetery.