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Isaac Roach (February 24, 1786 – December 29, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as mayor of Philadelphia, from 1838 to 1839. He was a captain in the United States Army and fought in the War of 1812. He was brevetted to Major in April 1823, and resigned from the army on April 1, 1824. He became the mayor of Philadelphia in 1838 and was later appointed the Treasurer of the Mint.

On October 4, 1819, Roach married Mary Huddell.

Roach died in 1848 in Philadelphia, where he is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.

References

1. Stryker's American Register and Magazine. W.M. Morrison. 1849. p. 251.
2. Jenkins, Howard Malcolm; Seilhamer, George Overcast (1895). Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia, from Its First Settlement to Year 1895. Harvard University: New York History Co. pp. 499. Isaac Roach mayor.
3. "The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. University of Michigan: Historical Society of Pennsylvania: 129. 1893. ISSN 0031-4587. Isaac Roach.
4. Simpson, Henry (1859). The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. W. Brotherhead. pp. 847. Major Roach.
5. Mackenzie, George Norbury; Rhoades, Nelson Osgood (1917). Colonial Families of the United States of America. University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Grafton Press. pp. 386. Isaac Roach mayor.

External links

• Isaac Roach at Find a Grave

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Pre-Act of Consolidation (1789–1854)	Powel Miles Barclay Clarkson Baker Wharton Inskeep Lawler Inskeep Wharton J. Barker Wharton Keppele J. Barker Geyer Wharton J. N. Barker Wharton Watson Dallas Richards Milnor Richards Swift Roach Swift Scott McCall Swift J. Jones Gilpin
Post-Consolidation (since 1854)	Conrad Vaux Henry McMichael Fox Stokley King W. Smith Fitler Stuart Warwick Ashbridge Weaver Reyburn Blankenburg T. Smith Moore Kendrick Mackey Moore Wilson Connell Lamberton Samuel Clark Dilworth Tate Rizzo Green Goode Rendell Street Nutter Kenney Parker

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