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Kirkpatrick, William

congressman, was born in November, 1768, in Amwell, N. J. In 1806 he moved to Salina, N. Y., and became superintendent of the Salt Springs. He was a representative in congress from 1807 to 1809 from New York. He died Sept. 2, 1832, in Salina, N. Y.

KIRKPATRICK, WILLIAM SEBRING, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 21, 1844, in Easton, Pa. He was appointed president judge of the third judicial district of Pennsylvania in the early part of 1874 to fill an unexpired term, and served in said office until January, 1875. He was appointed attorney-general of Pennsylvania in 1887, and served as such till 1891. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.

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