John Klingensmith Jr.
John Klingensmith, Jr. | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th district | |
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839 | |
Preceded by | Richard Coulter |
Succeeded by | Albert G. Marchand |
Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate | |
In office 1831–1835 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | March 26, 1786
Died | February 8, 1854 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | (aged 67)
Political party | Jacksonian Democratic |
John Klingensmith, Jr. (March 26, 1786 – February 8, 1854) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
John Klingensmith, Jr. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was sheriff of Westmoreland County from 1819 to 1822 and again from 1828 to 1831.
Klingensmith was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1831 to 1835 and served as secretary of the land office of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1842. He died in 1854 in Westmoreland County and is buried in West Newton Cemetery.
Sources
- United States Congress. "John Klingensmith Jr. (id: K000269)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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- People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
- 1786 births
- 1854 deaths
- Pennsylvania Jacksonians
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs