David Jermah Redick was a Pennsylvania surveyor, lawyer, politician, and the 9th Vice-President of Pennsylvania.
12 Facts About David Redick
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David Redick was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and was in the 1st Brigade Georgia Militia.
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David Redick read law and was admitted to the bar in 1782.
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David Redick was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1789.
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David Redick married the niece of business associate David Hoge.
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David Redick purchased a lot on the town's main street and lived there until his death.
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David Redick served in the army during the American Revolution and served in the army for about 6 years, reaching the rank of NCO.
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David Redick was elected to represent Washington County on the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania in 1786.
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David Redick's was the second-shortest tenure as Vice-President, and the third-shortest of any Pennsylvania Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
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The county David Redick represented hadn't even existed when the Supreme Executive Council was established less than twelve years earlier.
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David Redick was a member of Pennsylvania's 1790 Constitutional Convention and was a signer of the new charter.
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David Redick died on 28 September 1805 in Washington, Pennsylvania from a heart attack.