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In 1790, when he was twenty-eight years old, he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature, and re-elected in 1794. Almost immediately upon assuming the duties of State Senator, Cadwallader Evans took an active part, and was placed on important committees, and his name appears in the House Journal coupled with that of Albert Gallatin and other prominent members.

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In 1798 the last year the Legislature met in Philadelphia, he was unanimously chosen Speaker of the House.

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In 1813, he was among the first to actively urge the construction of a canal along the Schuylkill River, from Philadelphia to the coal regions, and was the first President of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, and served in that capacity for several years. When in his sixty-eighth year he resigned his position, and the stockholders presented him with a silver vase as a testimonial of their high appreciation of his service.

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served on the Board of Directors of the United States Bank, after its re-charter in 1816.