Rep. James Irvin

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Rep. James Irvin

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Birthplace: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 28, 1862 (62)
Hecla, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gen. John Irvin and Ann Nancy Irvin
Husband of Juliann Irvin
Brother of Susan Potter; Margaret Gregg; John Irvin, Jr.; Eliza Curtin; Mary Irvin Thompson and 1 other

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About Rep. James Irvin

James Irvin was an American politician. Irvin was a prominent agriculturalist and ironmaster in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Irvin represented Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district in the 27th and 28th Congresses. Irvin unsuccessfully ran for governor of Pennsylvania in 1847, losing to incumbent governor Francis Rawn Shunk.

In 1855, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania chartered the Farmer's High School. The school's trustees decided to build the school on 200 acres of Centre County land donated by Irvin. That Farmer's High School is now The Pennsylvania State University. Irvin Hall, one of Penn State's oldest residential halls, named in his honor.

Irvin died in Hecla, Centre County, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1862. He is buried in Union Cemetery in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

The Oak Hall Historic District, associated with his dwelling in College Township, Pennsylvania, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Also on the Register is the Monroe Furnace, which he established in 1847.

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Rep. James Irvin's Timeline

1800
February 18, 1800
Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
1862
November 28, 1862
Age 62
Hecla, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States