Philemon Beecher (March 19, 1776 – November 30, 1839)[1] was an Anglo-American attorney and legislator who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.
Originally a Federalist, Beecher was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1803 and again in the three sessions from 1805 to 1807, serving as speaker in 1807.
Beecher was a witness on behalf of Fairfield County, Ohio Common Pleas Judge William W. Irvin at the latter's impeachment trial in 1806.
Philemon Beecher was elected as a Federalist from Ohio's 5th congressional district to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses.
In 1826, Philemon Beecher participated as a managing member of The Colonization Society in Lancaster, an organization promoting repatriation to Africa as an alternative to slavery.