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Upon being elected mayor in 1840 Irwin oversaw the expansion of infrastructure and government in the city to catch up with the region's rapid expansion. Under his administration four additional wards were added to the city.
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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
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s death, Irwin married again on February 28, 1839, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His second wife was Sophia Arabella Bache, born November 14, 1815, at
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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
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bar on May 6, 1828, and by 1835 was serving as the president of the Western University's alumni association. He ran successfully for
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s first wife was Frances Everallyn Rose Irwin (April 1809–February 24, 1836), the niece of
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This article is about mayor of Pittsburgh. For other people named William Irwin, see
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Irwin used his term as mayor as a touchstone for his race as a representative for
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Congress. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1842.
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1843-1847. He died in Pittsburgh in 1856. Interment in
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William Irwin (disambiguation)

United States Ambassador to Denmark
Isaac Rand Jackson
U.S. House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
22nd
Henry Marie Brackenridge
Samuel Hays
Mayor of Pittsburgh
William Little
James Thomson
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Whig
John Irwin
Agnes Irwin
Robert Walker Irwin
Alma mater
University of Pittsburgh
Allegheny College
Mayor of Pittsburgh
Whig
U.S. House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Allegheny College
Allegheny County
Allegheny County
District Attorney

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