William W. Irwin
| William W. Irwin | |
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Portrait of William W. Irwin,
c. 1840–1841 |
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| United States Ambassador to Denmark | |
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In office 1843–1847 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Rand Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Robert P. Flenniken |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Marie Brackenridge |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Hays |
| 10th Mayor of Pittsburgh | |
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In office 1840–1841 |
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| Preceded by | William Little |
| Succeeded by | James Thomson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 8, 1803 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 15, 1856 (aged 53) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Everallyn Rose Irwin (?–1836, her death) Sophia Arabella Bache (1839–1856, his death) |
| Children |
John Irwin Agnes Irwin Robert Walker Irwin |
| Alma mater |
Western University of Pennsylvania Allegheny College |
William Wallace Irwin (January 8, 1803 – September 15, 1856) was Mayor of Pittsburgh and a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
William Irwin was born in Pittsburgh in 1803, and as a boy earned the lifelong nickname "pony Irwin" because of his habit of riding a pony everywhere he went. He graduated from the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, in 1824. He was also a graduate of Allegheny College. He became a member of the Allegheny County bar on May 6, 1828, and by 1835 was serving as the president of the Western University's alumni association. He ran successfully for Allegheny County District Attorney in 1838.
Irwin's first wife was Frances Everallyn Rose Irwin (April 1809–February 24, 1836), the niece of Illinois Supreme Court justice Theophilus W. Smith and aunt of bridge engineer Charles Shaler Smith. They were the parents of United States Navy Rear Admiral John Irwin (1832-1901).
After his first wife's death, Irwin married again on February 28, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His second wife was Sophia Arabella Bache, born November 14, 1815 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died on March 24, 1904. She was the daughter of Richard Bache, Jr., who served in the Republic of Texas Navy and was elected as a Representative to the Second Texas Legislature in 1847 and Sophia Burrell Dallas, the daughter of Arabella Maria Smith and Alexander J. Dallas an American statesman who served as the U.S. Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. She was also granddaughter of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, the great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, and a niece of George Mifflin Dallas, the 11th Vice President of the United States, serving under James K. Polk.
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