Nathaniel Boileau

Nathaniel Boileau
6th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1808–1850
Preceded bySimon Snyder
Succeeded byJames Engle
Personal details
Born1763 (1763)
DiedMarch 16, 1850(1850-03-16) (aged 86–87)[1]
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Nathaniel Boileau (1763 – March 16, 1850) was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1797 to 1809[1] and served as speaker in 1808.[2]

Education

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Boileau attended Princeton University and was a junior in 1788.[3]

Political activities

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Boileau was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1800[4] and 1801[5] from Montgomery County.

Before 1806, he had attempted to run for the U.S. House of Representatives and as Pennsylvania Secretary of State.[6]

Boileau temporarily replaced John M. Hyneman as adjutant-general for the state of Pennsylvania, after the resignation of Hyneman.[7] He also served as aide de camp to the Governor of Pennsylvania.[8]

In 1817, he was Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Secretary of State for Pennsylvania).[9]

He was considered as a possible gubernatorial nominee for the Democratic Republican party in 1820.[10]

Other activities

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Robert Loller in his will that Boileau build the Loller Academy at a cost of $11,000.00.[11]

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b Nathaniel B. Boileau on legis.state.pa.us
  2. ^ Hobson, Freeland Gotwalts; Centennial Association of Montgomery County (Pa.) (1884), The Centennial celebration of Montgomery County: at Norristown, Pa., September 9, 10, 11, 12, 1884, Centennial Association of Montgomery Co., p. 201
  3. ^ Williams, John Rogers (1902), Academic honors in Princeton University 1748–1902, Princeton University, p. 11
  4. ^ "(Legislative)", Herald of Liberty, p. 3, November 3, 1800
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Election", Gazette of the United States, p. 2, October 17, 1801
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania Gallery of Portraits of Notorious Characters", Spirit of the Press, p. 2, November 8, 1806
  7. ^ "Monday April 15, 1816", Washington Reporter, p. 2, April 15, 1816
  8. ^ "Pennsylvania Court Marital", Washington Reporter, p. 2, July 20, 1818
  9. ^ "The Letters to and from N. B. Boileau Esq", Weekly Aurora, p. 1, October 6, 1817
  10. ^ "A Third Candidate", Franklin Gazette, p. 2, July 3, 1820
  11. ^ Millbrook Society, Regenhard Collection (2001), Hatboro, Arcadia Publishing, p. 15, ISBN 0-7385-0342-8