Isaac Griffin

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Isaac Griffin (February 27, 1756–October 12, 1827) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Isaac Griffin (great-grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson and great-great-grandfather of Charles Hudson Griffin) was born in Kent County, Delaware. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was commissioned a captain during the Revolutionary War. He appointed justice of the peace in 1794 and was elected a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1807 and served four terms.

Griffin was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Smilie. He was reelected to the Fourteenth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1816 to the Fifteenth Congress. He died from the effects of a fall from a wagon, on his estate in Nicholson Township, Pennsylvania, on October 12, 1827. Interment on what was known as the old Woods farm in Nicholson Township.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by John Smilie	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1812 - 1813	Succeeded by David Bard
Preceded by District Created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1813 - 1817	Succeeded by Christian Tarr