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Robert McCoy (politician)

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Robert McCoy (died June 7, 1849) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Robert McCoy born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (birth date unknown). He served as prothonotary of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was a Brigadier General of the militia and a state canal commissioner.

McCoy was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William Ramsey. He died in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1849.

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  • United States Congress. "Robert McCoy (id: M000375)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

November 22, 1831 – March 3, 1833
alongside: Thomas Hartley Crawford
Succeeded by