Michael Woolston Ash (March 5, 1789 – December 14, 1858) was an American politician who served as aJacksonian member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1835 to 1837.^[1]

Ash was born inPhiladelphia.^[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar on June 21, 1811, and commenced practice in Philadelphia.^[1] He served as a first lieutenant in the First Pennsylvania Volunteers during theWar of 1812.^[1][2] At the close of the war, he relocated toLancaster, where he went into a law partnership withJames Buchanan, who later became the 15thPresident of the United States.^[1] He subsequently returned to Philadelphia and continued the practice of his profession there.

Ash was serving as a cityalderman when he was elected as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-fourth Congress in 1834, defeating theAnti-Jacksonian incumbentJohn G. Watmough. He served one term from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837, and was not a candidate for renomination in1836.^[1] After leaving Congress, he served as aUnited States Naval agent for four years before resuming the practice of law.

Ash died in Philadelphia on December 14, 1858.^[1] He was interred atChrist Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia and later re-interred atLaurel Hill Cemetery.^[2]

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