free compulsory education in Pennsylvania. Although it failed to pass during his administration, he laid the groundwork for its adoption and funding under his successor, George Wolf. He also oversaw major canal and road building projects in the state. Later life and legacy Shulze declined to run for a third term and retired to Montoursville, Pennsylvania. He returned to public life briefly to become a delegate to the first national convention of the Whig Party in 1839. In 1840, he served as President of Pennsylvania's Electoral College which elected William Henry Harrison as the ninth President of the United States. He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1852, and was buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery. His widow and former First Lady of Pennsylvania, Susan Kimmell Shulze, died on October 4, 1860. She is also buried in Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster. Shulze Hall, located on the campus of Penn State University, is named in his honor. References External links |- 1775 births 1852 deaths 19th-century American politicians American Lutherans American people of German descent Burials at Woodward Hill Cemetery Democratic-Republican Party state governors of the United States Governors of Pennsylvania Muhlenberg family Pennsylvania state senators 1840 United States presidential electors People from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Democratic-Republicans Pennsylvania Whigs