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Innis Green
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byRobert Harris
Succeeded byJohn Conrad Bucher
Personal details
Born(1776-02-26)February 26, 1776
Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 4, 1839(1839-08-04) (aged 63)
Dauphin, Pennsylvania
Political partyJacksonian

Innis Green (February 26, 1776 – August 4, 1839) was a Jacksonian Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Innis Green was born in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was appointed associate judge of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by Governor William Findlay in 1818, and resigned October 23, 1827.

Green was elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. After his time in Congress, he was reappointed associate judge of Dauphin County and served until his death in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, in 1839. Interment was in Dauphin Cemetery.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Innis Green (id: G000412)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
  • Innis Green at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1827–1831
Succeeded by