FORREST, Thomas

FORREST, Thomas, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1747; attended the common schools; served in the Revolutionary War; commissioned a captain in Col. Thomas Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery, October 5, 1776, promoted to major, March 3, 1777, and lieutenant colonel, December 2, 1778; resigned October 7, 1781; unsuccessful candidate for election the 15th Congress in 1816; elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Sixteenth Congress); elected as a Federalist to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Milnor (October 8, 1822-March 3, 1823); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1822 to the Eighteenth Congress; died on March 20, 1825, in Germantown (now a part of Philadelphia), Pa.

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