Thomas Irwin

Judge Thomas Irwin

Personal

Birthday:

2/22/1785

Birthplace:

Philadelphia, PA

Date of Death:

5/14/1870

Place of Death:

Pittsburgh, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Editor, Philadelphia [Pennsylvania] Repository, 1804-
Private practice, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1808, 1811-1812, n.d.
Indian agent, Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1808-1810
Deputy attorney general, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1812-1819
State representative from Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1824-1828
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1829-1831
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1859-1870

Education

Name of School:

Franklin College (now Franklin and Marshall College)

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1808

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Court Name:

Pennsylvania Western District Court

President Nominating:

Andrew Jackson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

03/21/1832

Termination Date:

01/04/1859

Termination Reason:

Resignation