1. William Findley served in both houses of the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the US House from 1791 until 1799 and from 1803 to 1817.
10 Facts About William Findley
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William Findley was born in Ulster, Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1763.
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William Findley was an early exponent of a political style in which candidates openly expressed their interests and proposals, as opposed to the "disinterested" style of governance many Founding Fathers envisioned.
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William Findley publicized the statement of fellow legislator Hugh Henry Brackenridge that "the people are fools" for opposing the bank, contributing to Brackenridge's defeat in the subsequent election.
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William Findley was a major opposition voice in the Pennsylvania convention that ratified the federal Constitution and was a signer of the Minority Dissent.
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William Findley was regularly mocked during convention's debates by gentry who attempted to portray him an uneducated ' country hick '.
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William Findley was one of the leaders in the convention that, in 1789, wrote a new Constitution for Pennsylvania.
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William Findley served in the Second through the Fifth congresses.
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William Findley was known as "The Venerable Findley," and because he was the senior representative in years of service, he was in 1811 designated "Father of the House", the first man to be awarded that honorary title.
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William Findley died in his home along the Loyalhanna Creek on April 5,1821, and is buried in Latrobe's Unity Cemetery.