Charles Augustus Barnitz Explained

Charles Augustus Barnitz
Birth Date:11 September 1780
Birth Place:Williams Township, Pennsylvania
State1:Pennsylvania
District1:11th
Term Start1:March 4, 1833
Term End1:March 3, 1835
Preceded1:Thomas Hartley Crawford, Robert McCoy
Succeeded1:Henry Logan
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 11th district
Term2:1815-1819
Preceded2:James McSherry
Succeeded2:Frederick Eichelberger
Party:Anti-Masonic

Charles Augustus Barnitz (September 11, 1780 – January 8, 1850) was an American politician who served as an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district from 1833 to 1835.

Early life and education

Barnitz was born in York, Pennsylvania to Jacob (of German descent) and Mary McClean Barnitz.[1] He received his education at the York Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in York.

Career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 11th district from 1815 to 1819.[2]

From 1820 until his death he served as agent of the heirs of William Penn for their interests in Springettsbury Manor, the center of which is now the city of York.[3]

Barnitz was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law at York and was also engaged in banking and served as president of the York Bank. He was member of the State constitutional convention in 1838 and a delegate to the Whig National Conventions at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1840 and at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1844. He died in York in 1850. Interment in the First Presbyterian Churchyard.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p33742.htm#Fp33742N3
  2. Web site: Cox . Harold . Senate Members B . Wilkes University . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project.
  3. Web site: Pennsylvania State Senate - Charles A Barnitz Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 28 March 2019.