Clair would be the last federalist to wield any real power at the turn of the 19th Century. In his arrogance, St. Clair would challenge Ohio Territorial Republicans and the newly elected President, fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson on statehood. It was Delegate Jefferson, whose committee in ...
As prothonotary, recorder and clerk of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Arthur St. Clair had a wide range of duties. In 1771 no other western Pennsylvania counties existed. Bedford County encompassed present-day counties of Fayette, Westmoreland, Washington, Greene and parts of Beaver, Allegheny, India...