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Michael Leib
Michael Leib
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 1st district
	In office; 1818–1821
Preceded by	John Read
Succeeded by	Condy Raguet
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
	In office; 1817–1818
United States Senator; from Pennsylvania
	In office; January 9, 1809 – February 14, 1814
Preceded by	Samuel Maclay
Succeeded by	Jonathan Roberts
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
	In office; 1806–1808
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 1st district
	In office; March 4, 1803 – February 14, 1806
Preceded by	seat added
Succeeded by	John Porter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
	In office; March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803
Preceded by	Blair McClenachan
Succeeded by	Robert Brown
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
	In office; 1795–1798
Personal details
Born	January 8, 1760; Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania
Died	December 22, 1822 (aged 62); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Michael Leib (January 8, 1760 – December 22, 1822) was an American physician and politician from Philadelphia. He served as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. He served as a Democratic-Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives three times; from 1795 to 1798, 1806 to 1808 and 1817 to 1818. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1799 to 1803 and for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1803 to 1806. He served as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1809 to 1814. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1818 to 1821.

Biography

Leib was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to George and Dorothea Leib.^[1] He studied and practiced medicine in Philadelphia, received a commission as a surgeon in the Philadelphia Militia in 1780 and served during the American Revolutionary War. Following the war, Leib returned to Philadelphia and continued the practice of medicine. He served on the staff of several Philadelphia hospitals and was a member of the committee of correspondence in 1793.^[2]

He was one of the organizers of the German Republican Society in Philadelphia.^[3] He represented the large German immigrant population in Philadelphia. He and Benjamin Bache became a part of a radical faction of the Society which led to a schism in the Society over the Whiskey Rebellion. Leib and his brother volunteered to join the military force sent to control the insurrection.^[4]

He was elected as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and served from 1795 to 1798. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district and served from 1799 to 1803. He continued in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1803 to 1806. He resigned to return to the Pennsylvania House and served from 1806 to 1808. He served on the committee of correspondence for the Chesapeake–Leopard affair in June 1807.^[2]

From 1805 to 1809, a power struggle ensued in the Pennsylvania Republican Party with Leib and William J. Duane on one side and Simon Snyder on the other. Duane and Leib represented the interests of Philadelphia, such as banking, trade and shipping, whereas Snyder represented the interests of rural Pennsylvania such as land ownership.^[5]

In 1807, he was elected Brigadier-General of the Second Brigade of the Philadelphia Militia.^[6]

Leib was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate by the state legislature in December 1808. Leib was elected to the term beginning on March 4, 1809, but assumed office on January 9, 1809, following the resignation of Samuel Maclay.^[2]

In 1809, he was a member of the committee that formed the "Whig Society of Pennsylvania".^[6]

He served as a U.S. Senator until February 14, 1814, and resigned to serve as postmaster of Philadelphia from 1814 to 1815.^[7] He returned to the Pennsylvania House for a third time, from 1817 until 1818 and served as a Pennsylvania State Senator for the 1st district from 1818 until 1821. He became prothonotary of the United States district court in Philadelphia in November 1822 and served in that role until his death in December 1822.^[8]^[9]

He was interred at St. John's Lutheran Churchyard in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia.^[2] In 1924, he was reinterred to the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia when the church and burial ground were demolished during the construction of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.^[10]

Bibliography

A Portrait of the evils of democracy, submitted to the consideration of the people of Maryland, Baltimore Printed, 1816

References

^ The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company. 1874. p. 405. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Leib, Michael 1760–1822". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ "Dr. Michael Leib, by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin, c. 1802". www.explorepahistory.com. WITF, Inc. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ Pasley, Jeffrey L. (2001). "The Tyranny of Printers" – Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic. The University Press of Virginia. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-8139-2030-2. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ Kelly, M. Ruth (2005). The Olmsted Case – Privateers, Property, and Politics in Pennsylvania 1778–1810. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press. p. 63. ISBN 1-57591-092-6. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Harrison, William Welsh (1910). Harrison, Waples and Allied Families. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co, Inc. p. 56. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ Watson, John Fanning (1885). Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time. Philadelphia: Edwin S. Stuart. p. 476. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ "Michael Leib". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
^ Biographical Directory of the American Congress. 1774–1927. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1928. p. 1218. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^ Kyriakodis, Harry. "Flash of Discovery". www.hiddencityphila.org. Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Preceded by	Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1795–1798 1806–1808 1817–1818	Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Blair McClenachan	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	Succeeded by Robert Brown, Frederick Conrad, Isaac Van Horne
Preceded by William Jones	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district March 4, 1803 – February 14, 1806 Served alongside: Joseph Clay, Jacob Richards	Succeeded by Jacob Richards, Benjamin Say, John Porter
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Samuel Maclay	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania January 9, 1809 – February 14, 1814 Served alongside: Andrew Gregg, Abner Lacock	Succeeded by Jonathan Roberts
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by John Read	Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, 1st district 1818–1821	Succeeded by Condy Raguet

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[1] The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company. 1874. p. 405. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[bioguide-2] "Leib, Michael 1760–1822". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

[3] "Dr. Michael Leib, by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin, c. 1802". www.explorepahistory.com. WITF, Inc. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[4] Pasley, Jeffrey L. (2001). "The Tyranny of Printers" – Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic. The University Press of Virginia. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-8139-2030-2. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[5] Kelly, M. Ruth (2005). The Olmsted Case – Privateers, Property, and Politics in Pennsylvania 1778–1810. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press. p. 63. ISBN 1-57591-092-6. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

[Harrison-6] Harrison, William Welsh (1910). Harrison, Waples and Allied Families. Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co, Inc. p. 56. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[7] Watson, John Fanning (1885). Annals of Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time. Philadelphia: Edwin S. Stuart. p. 476. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[8] "Michael Leib". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 20, 2019.

[9] Biographical Directory of the American Congress. 1774–1927. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1928. p. 1218. Retrieved October 29, 2022.

[10] Kyriakodis, Harry. "Flash of Discovery". www.hiddencityphila.org. Hidden City Philadelphia. Retrieved October 31, 2022.

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
1st district	Fitzsimons Swanwick Waln W. Jones (3- and 4-seat era, A: Clay Say Seybert W. Milnor Seybert Forrest W. Milnor Forrest, B: Ja. Richards W. Anderson T. Smith W. Anderson Hemphill, C: Leib Porter J. Milnor C. Ingersoll Hopkinson S. Edwards, D: Conard J. Williams Sergeant) Breck Wurts Sutherland Paynter C. Brown E. Morris Levin Florence Lehman Randall Freeman Bingham Vare Hazlett Beck Ransley Sacks Gallagher Barrett Gallagher Barrett M. Myers Foglietta B. Brady B. Fitzpatrick
2nd district	F. A. C. Muhlenberg (Multiple seat era, A: F. A. C. Muhlenberg McClenachan Leib W. Milnor R. Brown Rog. Davis W. Darlington I. Darlington W. Darlington Hemphill T. Kittera Hemphill Sergeant Horn Binney J. Ingersoll Sergeant J. Ingersoll, B: Conrad W. Milnor J. Roberts Henderson Hahn Pawling Gross Harper Toland, C: I. Van Horne Pugh J. Ross Rodman) J. Ingersoll Chandler Tyson E. Morris Biddle O'Neill Creely O'Neill Adams J. Reyburn Cook W. Reyburn Graham Stokes Beck W. H. Wilson Pratt W. Granahan McGarvey W. Granahan K. Granahan Nix Gray Blackwell Fattah D. Evans Boyle
3rd district	Jacobs (Multiple seat era, A: Thomas Hemphill Jos. Hiester Lower Joh. Hiester D. Hiester II Rog. Davis Gloninger Crouch Whiteside Hibshman Buchanan, B: I. Anderson M. Richards Hyneman Ja. Whitehill Slaymaker Wallace J. Phillips, C: Jo. Whitehill R. Jenkins Lefever) D. Miller Watmough Ash Harper Naylor C. Ingersoll Joh. Smith Jo. Campbell C. Brown H. Moore Robbins Millward Landy Verree L. Myers Moffet L. Myers Randall Vaux McAleer Halterman McAleer Burk Castor J. Moore Ransley Waldron Fenerty Bradley Ha. Scott Byrne W. J. Green III Lederer Jos. Smith Borski English Dahlkemper M. Kelly D. Evans
4th district	D. Hiester I (Multiple seat era, A: Sitgreaves R. Brown Hanna R. Whitehill Glasgow Spangler Hostetter Ja. Mitchell Buchanan W. Heister Davies Je. Brown, B: Jo. Richards Chapman P. Muhlenberg I. Van Horne Bard S. Edwards S. Anderson Leiper Potts James, C: Wayne Miner J. Evans E. Darlington J. Edwards) C. Ingersoll Robbins Witte Broom H. Phillips Millward Kelley J. Reyburn Young Foerderer Moon Edmonds Golder Edmonds Daly Sheridan Maloney Chudoff Nix Toll Eilberg Dougherty Kolter Klink M. Hart Altmire Perry Dean
5th district	J. Kittera D. Hiester I Ege Jos. Hiester Gregg D. Montgomery G. Smith (2-seat era, A: W. Crawford Boden Findlay, B: R. Whitehill Rea W. Maclay Fullerton McCullough McSherry) Markley Sterigere J. K. Mann Ja. Fry Fornance Yost Freedley McNair Cadwalader O. Jones J. Wood W. Davis Thayer Taylor Reading Taylor Harmer Robbins Harmer Morrell Foulkrod Donohoe P. Costello Connolly Dorsey Gartner F. Smith Pracht W. J. Green Jr. Sarbacher W. J. Green Jr. W. J. Green III Ware Schulze Clinger Peterson G. Thompson M. Scanlon
6th district	Gregg (1- and 2-seat era, A: S. Maclay Hanna J. Stewart J. Kelly W. Crawford Ingham S. Moore Ingham, B: R. Brown J. Ross Rogers) Harris I. Green Bucher R. Ramsey M. Morris J. Davis R. Ramsey Jenks Erdman Hornbeck Bridges T. Ross W. Everhart Hickman Stiles Boyer Stiles Acker Biery Townsend Ward J. Everhart S. Darlington Robinson T. Butler McCreary Logue Darrow Welsh Rob. Davis Stokes Stack F. Myers McGlinchey Hu. Scott Toll Rhodes Yatron Holden Gerlach R. Costello Houlahan
7th district	Hartley J. Kittera Boude Rea Piper Hyneman Udree Jos. Hiester Udree Worman Udree (2-seat era, A: H. Wilson Krebs Jo. Fry H. King, B: Udree Addams H. Muhlenberg) Wagener Westbrook McIlvaine Dickey Morrison Bridges Bradshaw Chapman Longnecker T. Cooper Stiles Broomall Townsend A. Wood I. Evans Godshalk I. Evans Yardley Hallowell Wanger T. Butler Darrow Drew Darrow Hu. Scott Wolfenden Chadwick James Milliken Watkins L. Williams Edgar Weldon Sestak Meehan M. Scanlon Wild
8th district	Findley Hartley J. Stewart Findley Piper A. Ogle Philson Tod (2 seat era, A: Rogers Wolf S. A. Smith, B: Ingham Ihrie) H. King Hubley Newhard Stevens H. Muhlenberg J. Jones Keim Schwartz McKenty Ancona Getz Clymer Ermentrout Mutchler Wanger Difenderfer Watson T. Butler Wolfenden Gerlach Lichtenwalter Vaughn K. King Curtin Biester Kostmayer J. Coyne Kostmayer Greenwood M. Fitzpatrick P. Murphy M. Fitzpatrick B. Fitzpatrick Cartwright
9th district	Gregg Smilie Bard Burnside W. P. Maclay Jo. Brown (3 seat era, A: Kremer Ford, B: McKean Stephens, C: Ellis E. Van Horne Marr L. Dewart) H. Muhlenberg Keim Ritter Strong J. Jones I. Hiester A. Roberts Stevens O. Dickey A. Smith Hiestand Brunner Erdman Ermentrout H. Green Cassel Griest Watson Frey Gerlach Kinzer Dague Watkins Ware Bu. Shuster Bi. Shuster Meuser
10th district	Bard H. Woods W. Hoge J. Hoge Hamilton W. Hoge Lyle (2-seat era, A: I. Smith W. Wilson Denison, B: J. Irwin D. Scott J. Murray Ellis T. Murray) Ja. Mitchell A. King Clark Reily Simonton Brodhead M. Dimmick Middleswarth J. Ch. Kunkel Killinger Strouse Cake Killinger Mutchler Bridges Bachman Mutchler Sowden Brosius W. Connell Cassel Howell Dale Nicholls Farr McLane Farr C. Connell Griest Kinzer J. Murphy Scoblick O'Neill Carrigg Prokop W. Scranton McDade Sherwood Carney Marino Perry
11th district	Findley Smilie Lucas S. Smith Lacock Findley Marchand Plumer (2-seat era, A: J. Wilson T. Crawford, B: Findlay W. Ramsey McCoy) Barnitz Logan Gerry Bidlack Leib C. Butler Brisbin H. Fuller Straub Jam. Campbell W. L. Dewart Jam. Campbell Johnson Van Auken Collins Klotz Storm Buckalew J. Scranton Amerman J. Scranton W. Connell Palmer Lenahan Palmer Bowman Joh. Casey Templeton Joh. Casey C. Coughlin Watres P. Boland V. Boland J. Murphy Flood M. Jenkins Flood Musto Nelligan Harrison Kanjorski Barletta Smucker
12th district	Gallatin W. Hoge Lyle Patterson Jo. Brown Jo. Mitchell J. Scott R. Allison Chambers Sheffer J. Cooper Read G. Fuller Wilmot Grow H. Wright H. Fuller J. Montgomery Leidy G. Scranton H. Wright Denison Woodward Shoemaker Ketcham Stanton H. Wright J. Scranton Connolly J. Scranton Lynch Osborne Shonk Hines Leisenring M. Williams Davenport Palmer Patterson C. Brumm Garner R. Lee Heaton Reber Joh. Casey Carpenter Joh. Casey Turpin Flannery T. Miller Fenton Whalley Saylor Murtha Critz Rothfus Marino Keller S. Lee
13th district	Griffin Tarr A. Stewart Tod Thomson C. Forward Burd J. Miller J. Black McClure W. S. Ramsey McClure Gustine Frick Pollock Jos. Casey Gamble Packer W. Dimmick Johnson Tracy Mercur Bunnell Strawbridge Ja. Reilly Ryon C. Brumm Ja. Reilly C. Brumm Ryan Patterson Kline Rothermel Dewalt Gernerd G. Brumm Palmer G. Brumm Gildea Fenton Hoch F. A. Muhlenberg Rhodes McConnell Lafore Schweiker L. Coughlin Margolies-Mezvinsky Fox Hoeffel Schwartz Boyle Joyce
14th district	Tannehill J. Woods Baldwin W. Forward A. Stewart T. Irwin Potter McCulloch Irvin A. Ramsey Eckert Pitman Bibighaus Grow W. Miller G. Miller Packer Killinger Barr Bound Rife Woomer Olmsted C. Wright Lilley Pratt Kipp Ainey McFadden Croll Esterly Bushong Esterly Lichtenwalner Richardson Moser Hoch Gillette Carrigg Rhodes Moorhead W. Coyne Doyle Reschenthaler
15th district	T. Wilson R. Moore Farrelly Patterson Lawrence McCreery McKennan Beaumont Petrikin Bidlack Nes McClean Nes Danner Kurtz Gamble Pearce A. White Hale J. Bailey Glossbrenner Haldeman Magee Powell Overton Jadwin Post Bunnell M. Wright Jorden Codding C. Wright Deemer W. B. Wilson Kiess McFadden Dietrich Rutherford Gillette Rich Bush Walter Rooney Ritter McHale Toomey C. Dent Wild G. Thompson
16th district	(2-seat era, A: J. Allison Orr Denny, B: W. Forward Stevenson Gilmore) Anthony Hammond Snyder J. Black Brady McLanahan Kurtz Todd Ahl Junkin J. Bailey Coffroth Koontz Meyers Cessna S. Ross Jo. I. Mitchell R. J. C. Walker W. Brown McCormick Hopkins Leonard Packer Deemer Dickerman Samuel McHenry Lesher Kline Kiess Rich T. Scanlon McConnell J. Cr. Kunkel Eshleman B. Walker Pitts Smucker M. Kelly
17th district	Plumer Coulter Laporte S. Morris Dimock Read Irvin Blanchard Calvin Parker Russell Robison W. Reilly McPherson McAllister Barker Morrell Speer Jo. Reilly Jac. Campbell Coffroth Jac. Campbell Scull Buckalew Wolverton Kulp Polk Billmeyer Mahon Focht Dershem Focht Cummings Magrady Ditter McConnell Simpson Bush Schneebeli Ertel Gekas Holden Cartwright Lamb Deluzio
18th district	Farrelly Barlow Sill Banks Burd J. Mann C. Ogle H. Black J. Russell A. Stewart A. Ogle Dawson McCulloch Edie Blair Hale S. Wilson Armstrong Sherwood S. Ross Stenger Fisher Atkinson Mahon Olmsted Kreider Beers Biddle Focht Simpson J. Cr. Kunkel Mumma Simpson Elliott Whalley Corbett Heinz Walgren Santorum Doyle T. Murphy Lamb Doyle
19th district	Coulter Klingensmith Marchand Foster J. Mann Kuhns Drum Covode Scofield Curtis Maish Beltzhoover Duncan Swope Maish Beltzhoover Stahle Benner Ziegler Lewis A. Evans Reynolds Hartman W. Bailey Rose Sites Swartz Doutrich Swope Gavin Stauffer Quigley Stauffer Quigley G. Goodling Craley G. Goodling B. Goodling Platts
20th district	Hook Beeson
29th district	Brainerd
32nd district	Ja. Brown Barchfeld G. Campbell S. Porter Erk Muldowney Moritz Eberharter J. Wright Eberharter
33rd district	M. C. Kelly Ellenbogen McArdle Holland Weiss F. Buchanan V. Buchanan
34th district	Morin Sullivan Dunn J. Wright
35th district	J. M. Magee Estep
36th district	G. Campbell

v t e United States senators from Pennsylvania
Class 1	W. Maclay Gallatin Ross S. Maclay Leib Roberts Findlay Barnard Dallas McKean Sturgeon Brodhead S. Cameron Wilmot Buckalew J. Scott Wallace Mitchell Quay Knox Oliver Knox Crow Reed Guffey Martin H. Scott Heinz Wofford Santorum Casey
Class 3	Morris Bingham Muhlenberg Logan Gregg Lacock Lowrie Marks Wilkins Buchanan S. Cameron Cooper Bigler Cowan S. Cameron J. Cameron Penrose Pepper Vare^† Grundy Davis Myers Duff Clark Schweiker Specter Toomey Fetterman
Notes	^† Never officially seated

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Michael Leib


Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 1st district
In office 1818–1821
Preceded by	John Read
Succeeded by	Condy Raguet
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1817–1818
United States Senator from Pennsylvania
In office January 9, 1809 – February 14, 1814
Preceded by	Samuel Maclay
Succeeded by	Jonathan Roberts
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1806–1808
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 1st district
In office March 4, 1803 – February 14, 1806
Preceded by	seat added
Succeeded by	John Porter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803
Preceded by	Blair McClenachan
Succeeded by	Robert Brown
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1795–1798

Personal details
Born	(1760-01-08)January 8, 1760 Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania
Died	December 22, 1822(1822-12-22) (aged 62) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican