Peter McCall (August 31, 1809 – October 30, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as

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from 1844 to 1845.

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McCall attended

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, from which he graduated in 1826. He was admitted to the bar in 1830, and practiced law in Philadelphia until shortly before his death in 1880. He was a professor in the

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from 1852 to 1860. He later served as a University Trustee. He was also a founder of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, the first professional legal association in the United States. He served as a member of the

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for several terms throughout the 1840s and 1850s. In 1846, he married Jane Byrd Mercer (1825– 1895), with whom he had eight children. In 1851, he was elected as a member to the

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