Peter McCall (mayor)
Peter McCall | |
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Born | 31 August 1809 |
Died | 30 October 1880 (aged 71) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Political party | Whig Party |
Position held | Mayor of Philadelphia |
Peter McCall (August 31, 1809 – October 30, 1880)[1] was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1844 to 1845.
Biography
[edit]McCall attended Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1826. He was admitted to the bar in 1830, and practiced law in Philadelphia until shortly before his death in 1880.[1]
He was a professor in the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1852 to 1860. He later served as a University Trustee. He was also a founder of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, the first professional legal association in the United States.
He served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council for several terms throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
In 1846, he married Jane Byrd Mercer (1825– 1895), with whom he had eight children.[1]
In 1851, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.[2]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c Phillips 1881.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
Sources
[edit]- Phillips, Henry (January 7, 1881). "Obituary Notice of Peter McCall". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 9 (108): 213–215. JSTOR 982242.
Further reading
[edit]- Hazlehurst, Isaac (January 13, 1881). A memoir of the late Hon. Peter McCall. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 5 June 2015.