Background
Dunlop, James was born in 1795 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew and Sarah (Chambers) Dunlop.
Dunlop, James was born in 1795 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew and Sarah (Chambers) Dunlop.
Graduate Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1812.
Admitted to Franklin County (Pennsylvania) bar, 1817. Member Pennsylvania Senate from Franklin County, 1824-December 1827, Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Franklin County, 1831. Representative district of Franklin, Cumberland and Adams counties in Pennsylvania Convention, 1837.
Prepared The General Laws of Pennsylvania, 1700-1846, Chronologically Arranged with Notes and References to all the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Giving Construction to Such Laws, 1847. Published Digest of the General Laws of the United States with References and Notes of Decisions, 1856.
Member Pennsylvania Senate from Franklin County, 1824-December 1827, Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Franklin County, 1831.
Married Maria Madeira.