Chauncey Forward

Chauncey Forward (February 4, 1793 – October 19, 1839) was an American politician who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Chauncey Forward
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district
In office December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1831
Preceded by	Alexander Thomson
Succeeded by	George Burd
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 22nd district
In office 1823–1826
Preceded by	David Mann
Succeeded by	Alexander Ogle
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1820-1822
Personal details
Born	February 4, 1793 Old Granby, Connecticut
Died	October 19, 1839 (aged 46) Somerset, Pennsylvania
Political party	Jacksonian

Early life and education

Forward was born in Old Granby, Connecticut to Samuel and Susannah Forward.[1] His brother is Walter Forward and his grandson Chauncey Forward Black. He moved with his father to Ohio in 1800, and a short time afterward to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1817 and began practice in Somerset, Pennsylvania. He was married to Rebekah Blair of Maryland.[2]

Career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1820 to 1822 and the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 22nd district from 1823 to 1826.[1][3][4]

Forward was elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Thomson. He was reelected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was appointed prothonotary and recorder of Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1831. He died in Somerset in 1839 and was interred in Ankeny Square Cemetery.[5]

Sources

1. "Pennsylvania State Senate - Chauncey Forward Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. Clayton, Mary Black (1887). Reminiscences of Jeremiah Sullivan Black. St. Louis: Christian Publishing Company. p. 46. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
3. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members F". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
4. Cox, Harold. "House Members F". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
5. "Chauncey Forward". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

• United States Congress. "Chauncey Forward (id: F000290)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard