Archibald McAllister

Archibald McAllister (October 12, 1813 – July 18, 1883) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Archibald McAllister (grandson of John Andre Hanna, and the paternal nephew of the George Washington McAllister, the owner of Strathy Hall) was born at Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, near present-day Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

He attended the common schools and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

During the congressional debate, McAllister justified his new stance because he saw destroying "the corner-stone of the Southern Confederacy" as the only path to peace.

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