John Whitehill (December 11, 1729 – September 16, 1815) was a member of the

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. John Whitehill (father of James Whitehill and brother of Robert Whitehill) was born in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lancaster County. He was appointed justice of the peace and justice of the orphans’ court of Lancaster County in 1777. He was a member of the

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in 1780–1782 and 1793. He served as a member of the council of censors in 1783, and was a delegate to the supreme executive council in 1784. He was a member of the State ratification convention in 1787. He served as associate judge of Lancaster County in 1791. Whitehill was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and

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Congresses. He died in Salisbury Township. Interment in Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

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