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Chester County
Pennsylvania

Politicians who were born in Chester County

	Chester County (no city given): Thomas Wharton, 1735 — James Smith, 1737 — Thomas Scott, 1739 — Joseph Dickson, 1745 — Anthony Wayne, 1745 — Isaac Weaver, 1756 — Joseph McMinn, 1758 — Caleb Prew Bennett, 1758 — Robert McIntyre, 1766 — John Phillips, c.1773 — Daniel Hiester, 1774 — William Marks, 1778 — Andrew Buchanan, 1780 — William Everhart, 1785 — John H. Bradley, 1805 — James Dixon Roman, 1809 — James Bradley, 1810 — William Moran, Jr., c.1822 — William Butler, 1822 — Isaac P. Gray, 1828 — Franklin MacVeagh, 1837 — Albert W. Jefferis, 1868 — Michael Nutter, 1957
	Birmingham: William Darlington, 1782
	Birmingham Township: T. Lawrence Eyre, 1862
	Charlestown: Roger Davis, 1762
	Charlestown Township: Patrick Anderson, 1719 — Isaac Anderson, 1760
	Devon: George H. Earle, 1890
	Doe Run: William H. Clark, 1877
	Downingtown: Robinson McIlvaine, 1913
	Near Downingtown: William Henry, 1729
	East Bradford: Edward Darlington, 1755
	East Nottingham: William Godshalk, 1817
	Fairville: John Edwards Leonard, 1845
	Honeybrook Township: Joseph Gardner, 1752
	Londonderry Township: William Montgomery, 1736
	New Garden: William Maclay, 1737
	New London: James McLene, 1730 — John W. Cuningham, 1779 — Thomas R. McDowell, 1855 — Albert Missimer, 1860
	New London Township: Thomas McKean, 1734
	Newlin Township: Robert S. Gawthrop, 1878
	North Coventry: Irving P. Wanger, 1852
	Nottingham: Hugh Glasgow, 1769
	Paoli: Isaac Wayne, 1772 — Joshua Evans, Jr., 1777
	Parkesburg: Jesse M. Baker, 1854
	Pennsbury Township: Joseph Bailey, 1810
	Phoenixville: Wayne MacVeagh, 1833 — Samuel W. Pennypacker, 1843 — Dennis T. Flynn, 1861 — Oscar E. Thomson, 1862 — John Stauffer, 1925
	Near Phoenixville: W. Roger Fronefield, 1864
	Pocopson Township: Smedley Darlington, 1827
	Thornburg Township: Joseph Hemphill, 1770
	Tredyffrin Township: Jacob A. Beidler, 1852
	Uwchlan Township: Thomas S. Butler, 1855
	Valley Forge: Joseph E. Thropp, 1847
	Warwick Furnace (now Warwick): David Potts, Jr., 1794
	West Bradford Township: John Hickman, 1810
	West Chester: Edward Darlington, 1795 — Joseph Buffington, 1803 — Isaac Newton Evans, 1827 — Marshall S. Way, 1845 — Charles Miller, 1857 — Charles MacVeagh, 1860 — Channing Way, 1877 — Wallace J. Young, 1880 — Smedley Butler, 1881 — John Hemphill, 1891 — Bob Thompson, c.1938
	Near West Chester: Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker, 1838
	West Nottingham: Hugh Williamson, 1735
	West Whiteland Township: James B. Everhart, 1821
	Westtown: Edwin B. Forsythe, 1916
	Westtown Township: Isaac Darlington, 1781
	Whitford: Paul B. Dague, 1898
	See also Pennsylvania birthplaces not assigned to counties.

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