Thomas Irwin

Thomas Irwin (February 22, 1785 – May 14, 1870) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Education and career Born on February 22, 1785, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Irwin attended the common schools, Franklin College (now Franklin & Marshall College) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and read law in 1808. He was editor of the Philadelphia Repository starting in 1804. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in 1808, and from 1811 to 1812. He was an Indian agent in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1808 to 1810, also practicing law at that location. He was deputy attorney general for Fayette County, Pennsylvania from 1812 to 1819. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Fayette County from 1824 to 1828. Congressional service