Francis R. Shunk

Shunk, Francis R. Born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1788; became a teacher at the age of fifteen; in 1812 was appointed Clerk in the Surveyor-General's Department, and at the same time studied law; assisted as a soldier in the defense of Baltimore in 1814; was first assistant, then principal clerk for several years in the House of Representatives of the State; Secretary to the Board of Canal Commissioners; in 1838 Secretary of the State; afterward established himself for the practice of law in Pittsburg; and was Governor of Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848. Died in Harrisburg, July 30, 1848.

Lanman, Charles. Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States During Its First Century: From Original and Official Sources. Washington: James Anglim, Publisher, 1876, p. 385.

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