Archibald McAllister

Archibald McAllister (October 12, 1813 – July 18, 1883) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Archibald McAllister (grandson of John Andre Hanna) was born at Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, near present day Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He moved to Blair County, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and engaged in manufacturing charcoal iron at Springfield Furnace, Pennsylvania.

McAllister was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He supported the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864. He resumed the manufacture of iron and died in Royer, Pennsylvania. He is interred in Mountain Cemetery.

Sources

Archibald McAllister at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Edward McPherson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district 1863 - 1865	Succeeded by Abraham A. Barker

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Name	Macallister, Archibald
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 12, 1813
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Date of death	July 18, 1883
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