Robert Futhey
{{Short description|American politician (1789–1870)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
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| name = Robert Futhey
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = Chester County
| term_start = 1841
| term_end = 1842
| predecessor = Joseph Baily, Joshua Hartshorne, John Morgan, Joel Swayne
| successor = Emmor Elton, Robert Parke, Jesse Column Dickey, John Beitler
| alongside = John D. Steele, William K. Correy, John B. Chrisman, Emmor Elton, Robert Laverty
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1789|1|21}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1870|7|29|1789|1|21}}
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| party = Democratic
| spouse = Margaret Parkinson
| children = 6, inc. J. Smith Futhey
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Robert Futhey (January 21, 1789 – July 29, 1870) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1841 to 1842.
Biography
Robert Futhey was born on January 21, 1789, to Martha (née Smith) and Samuel Futhey. His father served in the Revolutionary War.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalport00garn/page/312/mode/2up |title=Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Comprising A Historical Sketch of the County |year=1893 |last=Wiley |first=Samuel T. |editor-last=Garner |editor-first=Winfield Scott |publisher=Gresham Publishing Company |pages=313–314 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-11-04}}{{Open access}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historichomesins00cope/page/334/mode/2up |title=Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania |editor-last1=Cope |editor-first1=Gilbert |editor-last2=Ashmead |editor-first2=Henry Graham |volume=1 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |year=1904 |pages=335–337 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-04}}{{Open access}}
Futhey served in the War of 1812 as a private. He was a Democrat. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1841 to 1842.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=440 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-11-04}}{{Open access}}{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8701 |title=Robert Futhey |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-11-25}} He had a farm in West Fallowfield Township.
Futhey married Margaret Parkinson of Carlisle. They had six children, John S., J. Smith, James L., Martha, Elizabeth J. and Robert. His son J. Smith Futhey was a judge and coauthor of The History of Chester County. He died on July 29, 1870.
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:People from Pennsylvania in the War of 1812
Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century American farmers
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly