Thomas Grubb McCullough

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Thomas Grubb McCullough (April 20, 1785 – September 10, 1848) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Thomas Grubb McCullough was born in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert and Prudence (Grubb) McCullough. He studied law and was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar on April 8, 1806. He served in the War of 1812 as a private and later as quartermaster.

McCullough was elected as a Federalist to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Fullerton. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1831 to 1835. He was the first president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company and managed and edited the Franklin Repository. He was president of the Bank of Chambersburg at the time of his death in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1848.

Sources

Thomas Grubb McCullough at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard
Grubb, David (2008). The Grubb Family of Grubb's Landing, Delaware. Higginson Book Co.

Preceded by David Fullerton Andrew Boden	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 1820-1821 alongside: Andrew Boden	Succeeded by James Duncan James McSherry

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Name	McCullough, Thomas Grubb
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 20, 1785
Place of birth
Date of death	September 10, 1848
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