Isaac Wayne | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |
| Constituency | 4th district (1823-1825) |
| Pennsylvania State Senate | |
| In office 1807 to 1810 | |
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1799 to 1801 1806 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1772 (1772) |
| Died | October 25, 1852(1852-10-25) (aged 79–80) |
| Resting place | St. David's Episcopal Church,Radnor, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist Party |
| Relatives | Anthony Wayne(father) Isaac Wayne(grandfather) Samuel Van Leer(uncle) |
| Education | Dickinson College |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1812-1823 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Isaac Wayne (1772 – October 25, 1852) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as aFederalist Party member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1823 to 1825. He previously served as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and in 1806, and served as a member of thePennsylvania State Senate from 1807 to 1810.
He was the son of the American Revolutionary War GeneralAnthony Wayne, and grandson of Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly memberIsaac Wayne.
Wayne was born in 1772[1] atWaynesborough, the family estate inEasttown Township, Pennsylvania[2] to American Revolutionary War GeneralAnthony Wayne and Mary Penrose Wayne.[3] He graduated fromDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1792,[3] then studied law and was admitted to theChester County, Pennsylvania, bar in 1795. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and 1806,[1] and served in thePennsylvania State Senate from 1807 to 1810.[4]
During theWar of 1812, Wayne was captain of a troop of Pennsylvania Horse Cavalry, raised and equipped by himself, and was subsequently colonel of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.[1]
Wayne unsuccessfully ran as aFederalist candidate forgovernor in 1814, but was elected to theEighteenth Congress.[1]
On August 25, 1802, Wayne married Elizabeth Smith and together they had five children.[3]
In 1809, he traveled toFort Presque Isle to disinter his father from his burial site there. The body was in surprisingly good shape and since no embalming was available at the time, the flesh was boiled off the bones and re-buried at Fort Presque Isle. He then transported his father's bones 300 miles East across Pennsylvania and reinterred them inSt. David's Episcopal Church inRadnor, Pennsylvania.[5]
In 1829, Wayne published a memoir of his father and his military career inThe Casket.[6]
In 1840, Wayne was elected as a member to theAmerican Philosophical Society.[7]
Wayne died at the family estate in Easttown Township, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1852.[8] He was buried in the family plot[3] atSt. David's Episcopal Church in Radnor, Pennsylvania.[9]
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| Preceded by | Federalist nominee forgovernor of Pennsylvania 1814 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 4th congressional district 1823–1825 alongside:James Buchanan andSamuel Edwards | Succeeded by |
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