Isaac Van Horne
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Isaac Van Horne (January 13, 1754 - February 2, 1834) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Isaac Van Horne was born in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania. He died in Zanesville, Ohio in 1834.
Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery (body moved there from the Pine St. Cem c. 1852).
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[edit] Military Career
[edit] American Revolution
He was elected ensign of a company of militia in 1775, and appointed ensign in the Continental Army by the committee of safety in January 1776, assigned to Capt. John Beatty’s Company in Col. Samuel McGaw’s Regiment.
He was taken prisoner at the fall of Ft. Washington and held as a prisoner of war from November 1776 to May 1778 when he was exchanged.
He served as first lieutenant, captain lieutenant, and captain until the close of the Revolutionary War.
He was a founding member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
[edit] War of 1812
He was Lt Col Commanding 1st Reg 2d Brig Ohio Militia from 1808-1810.
He was Adjutant General of the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812 serving in that post from 1810-1819.
[edit] Family
Father of Lt Isaac Van Horne Jr. (Fort Mackinac, War of 1812) and Maj Joseph Jefferson Van Horne (Mexican War), and father-in-law of Col. John E. Hamm MD (War of 1812)
[edit] Politics and Business
He apprenticed as a carpenter and cabinetmaker.
He was justice of the peace for Solebury Township Bucks Co. PA for several years, and served as coroner of Bucks County four years.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1796 and 1797. Immediately after which he was elected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses.
He moved to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1805 after Pres. Thomas Jefferson appointed him receiver of the land office at Zanesville, and served from 1805 to December 1826 when he resigned in favour of his son Bernard.
He and his son in law Dr. John E. Hamm founded the White Glass Co. of Zanesville Ohio in 1815, of which he was President.
He was involved in a number of early Zanesville businesses, was a large landholder, and head of a political faction in the 2d Capital of Ohio.
[edit] Sources
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- Y Bridge City "The Story of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio". Norris F. Schneider, The World Publishing Co., 1950.
- "a Brief Memoir of the Life of General Isaac Van Horne". Zanesville Ohio, (undated) privately reprinted several times.
| Preceded by Peter G. Muhlenberg Robert Brown |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district 1801-1803 alongside: Robert Brown |
Succeeded by John Andre Hanna David Bard |
| Preceded by Michael Leib |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1803-1805 alongside: Robert Brown and Frederick Conrad |
Succeeded by Robert Brown Frederick Conrad John Pugh |
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