William W. Irvin

William W. Irvin (April 5 1779 [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Irvin&GSfn=William&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1842&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=5908242&] – March 28, 1842) was a lawyer, farmer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Irvin pursued an academic course and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in his native county. He moved to Lancaster, Ohio, about 1801 and continued the practice of his profession.

He was appointed an associate judge of the court of common pleas for Fairfield County by the first general assembly in 1803. He was impeached in 1804 by the state house of representatives and subsequently removed from office by the decision of the Ohio Senate.

Irvin served as member of the state house of representatives in 1806 and 1807, and was a justice of the State supreme court from 1810-15. He was again a member of the State house of representatives 1825-27 and served as speaker in 1825 and 1826.

Irvin was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829–March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.

He returned to his farm near Lancaster and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on March 28, 1842.

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