district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party article_title office birth_date order term_start spouse image state term_end name restingplace
8th john ingham andrew shulze thomas j. rogers , samuel d. joseph smith ritner peter ihrie , jr. , samuel a. 11 march 1840 allen township , pennsylvania philadelphia , pennsylvania democratic party george wolf
 governor of pennsylvania 12 august 1777 7th december 15 , 1829 1824 mary -rrb- erb -lrb- 1798 -- 1833 ; her death george wolf.jpg pennsylvania december 15 , 1835 1829 george wolf harrisburg cemetery
george wolf

george wolf -lrb- august 12 , 1777march 11 , 1840 -rrb- was the seventh governor of pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835 .
on june 29 , 1888 , he was recognized as the `` father of the public-school system '' in pennsylvania by the erection of a memorial gateway at easton .
