William Tilghman

William Tilghman

William Tilghman (1756-1827) was an American lawyer, jurist and statesman from Maryland. He served as the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court from 1805 to 1827.

Biographic and service outline:
* Born August 12, 1756 in Talbot County, Maryland
* nephew of Matthew Tilghman, brother of Tench Tilghman
* College of Philadelphia, now the University of Pennsylvania (1772)
* lawyer (admitted to MD bar in 1783).
* MD House of Delegates 1788-1790
* MD Constitutional Convention 1788
* MD Presidential elector 1789
* MD Senate 1791-1793
* moved to Philadelphia 1793
* US District court judge, Pennsylvania, 1801-1802
* Judge of common pleas, Philadelphia, 1804 (certain, but full dates unknown)
* Chief Justice PA Supreme Court, 1805-1827
* In 1811 ran for Governor, lost to Simon Snyder
* Member, American Philosophical Society (president 1824-27)
* Died April 30, 1827 at Philadelphia.

External links

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html The Political Graveyard]


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