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Stenton was named for Logan's father's Scottish birthplace, and was built between 1723 and 1730 on 511 acres (2.07 km 2) as the country seat of James Logan, who was recognized in his lifetime as "a universal man in the Renaissance tradition." Logan arrived in Philadelphia in 1699 as William Penn's secretary.
James Logan (20 October 1674 – 31 October 1751) was a Scots-Irish colonial American statesman, administrator, and scholar who served as the fourteenth mayor of Philadelphia and held a number of other public offices. Logan was born in the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Ireland to Ulster Scots Quakers.
James Logan (c. 1776–1812), Shawnee warrior better known as Captain Logan; James Logan (pioneer) (1791–1859), American pioneer and statesman; James Logan (statesman) (1674–1751), colonial American statesman; James Kenneth Logan (1929–2018), U.S. federal judge; James M. Logan (1920–1999), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient ...
James Logan (March 11, 1791 – December 6, 1859) was an early settler, politician, slaveowner and United States Indian agent in western Arkansas. Logan County was named for him in 1875. [ 1 ]
The Palace of Westminster, meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords President of the United States Ronald Reagan addressing Parliament, 8 June 1982. This is a list of people who have addressed both Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament at the same time.
Logan's father Chief Shikellamy, who was Oneida, worked closely with Pennsylvania official James Logan to maintain the Covenant Chain relationship with the colony of Pennsylvania. Following a prevailing Native American practice, the young man who would become Logan the Mingo took the name "James Logan" out of admiration for his father's friend. [4]
Logan was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives and later to the U.S. Senate. In the 1884 presidential election, Logan unsuccessfully ran with Senator James G. Blaine as his vice presidential candidate, narrowly losing the race. During his time in office, Logan was considered one of the most vocal advocates for military ...
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from West Virginia. The list of names should be ...