David Petrikin (December 1, 1788 – March 1, 1847) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
David Petrikin was born inBellefonte, Pennsylvania. He studied medicine and was admitted to practice. He moved toDanville, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the practice of medicine. During theWar of 1812, he served as a surgeon with the Second Regiment of the Pennsylvania Riflemen. After the war returned to Danville and continued the practice of medicine. He also erected and operated a woolen mill. He was electedprothonotary ofColumbia County, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1821. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives. He served aspostmaster of Danville from February 1, 1834, to March 21, 1837.
Petrikin was elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-fifth andTwenty-sixth Congresses. He served as the chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds during the Twenty-sixth Congress. He died inCatawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1847. Interment in Petrikin Cemetery in Danville, which was later converted into a memorial park.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1837–1841 | Succeeded by |
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