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About William Jessup
William Jessup was a Pennsylvania judge and father of the missionary Henry Harris Jessup. A member of the Republican party, he is best known for being the chairman of the platform committee that crafted and reported the political platform adopted by the 1860 Republican National Convention and accepted by Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee. Jessup, Pennsylvania is named in his honor.
Everything about William Jessup →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 21, 1797
- Died
- September 11, 1868