William Milnor
William Milnor, Jr. was a member of the United States [House of Representatives] from Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia.
William Milnor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Milnor Sr and Anna Breintnall. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia, and was elected as a Federalist to the 10th [United States Congress|Tenth] and 11th [United States Congress|Eleventh] Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States [House Committee on Accounts] during the Eleventh Congress. He was elected to the Fourteenth Congress, and again elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served until his resignation on May 8, 1822.
Milnor elected mayor of Philadelphia on October 20, 1829, and served one year. He died in Burlington, New Jersey, and was buried in that city's St. Mary's [Episcopal Church, Burlington, New Jersey|Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard].
Milnor was a Slavery in [the United States|slaveowner].