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14-592: Originally named Middletown, it was renamed Biglerville in 1903 after William Bigler , the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania. The Thomas Brothers Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The National Apple Harvest Festival takes place in Biglerville an on annual basis. Biglerville is located at 39°55′49″N 77°14′49″W  /  39.93028°N 77.24694°W  / 39.93028; -77.24694 (39.930238, -77.246932). According to

28-649: A Jackson Democrat member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 20th district from 1841 to 1846, including as Speaker from 1845 to 1846. He played a key role in the abolition of imprisonment for debt in Pennsylvania and the development of two insane asylums in Philadelphia and Harrisburg. He was a proponent of a central railroad from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh as competition to the B&;O Railroad . His efforts resulted in

42-593: A cross-state line in 1847 which was eventually sold and became the Pennsylvania Railroad . In 1849, he served as Pennsylvania revenue commissioner. He was elected the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania in 1851 , defeating incumbent governor William F. Johnston . He and his brother John were the first brothers to serve as governors of two states simultaneously. He fought vigorously against wildcat banking and vetoed multiple bank charters and bank bills in his time as governor. He lost popularity through his support of

56-570: A household in the borough was $ 39,861, and the median income for a family was $ 43,750. Males had a median income of $ 30,813 versus $ 22,938 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $ 18,142. About 7.9% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 20.6% of those age 65 or over. It is in the Upper Adams School District . William Bigler William Bigler (January 1, 1814 – August 9, 1880)

70-598: The Clearfield Democrat which supported Jacksonian democracy . In 1836, he married Maria Jane Reed and together they had five children. He sold the newspaper and joined his father-in-law's lumber business as co-partner. Between 1845 and 1850, his lumber business became the largest producer of building supplies on the West branch of the Susquehanna River , earning him the nickname "The Clearfield Raftsman". He served as

84-409: The U.S. Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,101 people, 443 households, and 299 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,725.3 inhabitants per square mile (666.1/km). There were 460 housing units at an average density of 720.8 per square mile (278.3/km). The racial makeup of the borough

98-518: The United States Senate for Pennsylvania in 1856 (the legislature having failed to elect anyone in 1855), and served until 1861. As a senator, he supported pro-slavery measures to appease the South. He visited Kansas Territory in 1857, and thereafter advocated Kansas statehood under the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution . He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention and opposed

112-577: The Walker Tariff , the right of southern states to retain slavery, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act , and his enforcement of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act . In 1855, he was defeated for re-election in a landslide by James Pollock , the candidate of the newly formed Republican Party . After leaving the governor's office, he became president of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad . He was elected to

126-574: The nomination of Stephen A. Douglas . During the secession crisis in 1861, he supported the compromise proposed by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden as a last ditch effort to avoid secession. He remained active in Pennsylvania politics and served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1873 and as a key organizer of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. He died on August 9, 1880, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, and

140-452: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00. In the borough, the population was spread out, with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for

154-441: Was 93.55% White , 0.82% African American , 0.18% Asian , 3.91% from other races , and 1.54% from two or more races. There were 443 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who

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168-411: Was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democrat as the 12th governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855 and as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861. His older brother, John Bigler , was elected governor of California during the same period. As of 2023, he is the last Democratic incumbent to lose reelection as Governor of Pennsylvania. Bigler

182-573: Was born in Sherman Valley, Pennsylvania , to Jacob and Susan Dock Bigler. He attended public schools and worked as a printer's apprentice, a journalist and as a member of the staff of the Centre County Democrat newspaper under his elder brother John Bigler who later became the governor of California . In 1833, at the urging of his friends, including future Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin , Bigler founded his own political newspaper,

196-813: Was interred in Hillcrest Cemetery. Biglerville, Pennsylvania , in Adams County, Pennsylvania , is named after him. Bigler Hall on the University Park campus of Penn State is named after Bigler, as are Bigler Street in Philadelphia , Bigler Township in Clearfield County , and Bigler Avenues in both Clearfield and Northern Cambria , Pennsylvania . Pennsylvania Senate, District 20 Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 includes parts of Luzerne County and Wayne County and all of Pike County , Susquehanna County , and Wyoming County . It

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