Michael Woolston Ash

Michael Woolston Ash
Michael Woolston Ash
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by John G. Watmough
Succeeded by Francis J. Harper
Personal details
Born April 5, 1789(1789-04-05)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died December 14, 1858(1858-12-14) (aged 69)
Political party Jacksonian

Michael Woolston Ash (March 5, 1789 – December 14, 1858) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Michael W. Ash was born in Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar June 21, 1811, and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He served as a first lieutenant and lieutenant colonel in the First Regular Pennsylvania Volunteers during the War of 1812. At the close of the war he went into partnership with James Buchanan, future President of the United States, and continued the practice of his profession in Philadelphia.

Ash was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He practiced law until his death in Philadelphia in 1858. Interment in Christ Church Burial Ground, located at Fifth and Arch Streets.

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Preceded by
John G. Watmough
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

1835–1837
Succeeded by
Francis J. Harper



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