John Weinland Killinger
Born: September 18, 1824
Birthplace: Annville, Pennsylvania
Father: John Killinger
Mother: Fanny Killinger
Wife: Mary Hittchell 1832 – 1912
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Children:
Charles H. Killinger 1852 – 1923
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Flora Cornelia Killinger 1863 – 1958
(Buried: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Republican Party
Education:
1843: Graduated from Franklin and Marshall College
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1886: Attorney in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
1848 – 1849: Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, Prosecuting Attorney
1850 – 1851: Pennsylvania State Representative
1854 – 1857: Pennsylvania State Senator
1856: Pennsylvania Delegate Republican Party National Convention
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1859 – 1861: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Chairman House Post Office Expenditures Committee
1861 – 1863: Member of House Mileage Committee
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1864 – 1866: Assessor of Internal Revenue in Pennsylvania
Occupation after War:
1871 – 1875: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1871 – 1875: Member of House Pacific Railroad Committee
1871 – 1873: Member of House Revisal of Laws Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of House Public Buildings and Grounds
1874: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1877 – 1881: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
1877 – 1879: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
1879 – 1881: Ranking Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
1880: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
1881 – 1896: Solicitor for Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Died: June 30, 1896
Place of Death: Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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