John Gloninger (September 19, 1758January 22, 1836) was a member of the

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Biography

John Gloninger was born in Lebanon Township in the

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. He served as a subaltern officer in the Associaters during the Revolutionary War and later was in command of a battalion of militia. Upon the organization of

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, he was appointed a lieutenant by the supreme executive council on May 6, 1785. He was a member of the

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in 1790. He resigned and served in the

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from 1790 until 1792. He was appointed by

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as justice of the peace of Dauphin County on September 8, 1790. He was commissioned as associate judge on August 17, 1791, and upon the formation of

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, he was commissioned on September 11, 1813, as one of the associate judges for that county. Gloninger was elected as a

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Congress and until his resignation on August 2, 1813. He was again appointed associate judge of Lebanon County and died in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Interment in First Reformed Churchyard.

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1758 births 1836 deaths People from Lebanon, Pennsylvania Politicians from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania state senators Pennsylvania state court judges Continental Army officers from Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 18th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-state-judge-stub