James Logan (statesman)

James Logan
An illustration of Logan and his signature, c. 1740
Born(1674-10-20)20 October 1674
Lurgan, County Armagh, Kingdom of Ireland
Died31 October 1751(1751-10-31) (aged 77)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
Occupation(s)statesman, scholar
Known forFounder and Trustee of University of Pennsylvania

James Logan (20 October 1674 – 31 October 1751) was a Scots-Irish colonial American statesman, administrator, and scholar who served as the fourteenth mayor of Philadelphia and held a number of other public offices.

Logan was born in the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Ireland to Ulster Scots Quakers.[1][2] He served as colonial secretary to William Penn. He was a founding trustee of the College of Philadelphia, the predecessor of the University of Pennsylvania.[3]

  1. ^ Kelly, Joseph J. (1999). "Pennsylvania". In Glazier, Michael (ed.). The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. p. 761. ISBN 978-0268027551. [William Penn's] greatest aide, James Logan, the most eminent Pennsylvanian between Penn and Benjamin Franklin, was a Quaker from Lurgan whose Scots father had emigrated to Ulster.
  2. ^ Quinn, James. "An abstract of the life of James Logan". Gwynedd Quaker Meeting.
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