Robert Whitehill (1735-1813)

Robert Whitehill (1735-1813) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, dedicated 1991.

Cumberland County · dedicated 1991 · 1903 Market St., Camp Hill

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Legislator and official lived here in Lowther Manor on land conveyed by the Penns in 1771. At the state's 1787 convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Whitehill led the Anti-federalist minority; he presented amendments later embodied in the Bill of Rights. A drafter of the 1776 state constitution, he served terms with both the legislature and executive council; was in Congress, 1805-13.

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