William Piper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Piper (January 1, 1774–1852) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

He was born at Bloody Run (now Everett, Pennsylvania), Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He commanded a regiment during the War of 1812, and served as adjutant general of Pennsylvania after the war.

Piper was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses. He died in Hopewell Township, near Everett, Pennsylvania, in 1852. Interment in the Piper Cemetery on his farm in Hopewell Township.

[edit] Sources

• William Piper at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

This article about a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania is a stub. You help Wikipedia by expanding it.