John W. Howe (politician)
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John W. Howe | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district | |
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | John Wilson Farrelly |
Succeeded by | Thomas Marshall Howe |
Personal details | |
Born | 1801 Maine |
Died | December 1, 1873 Rochester, New York |
Political party | Free Soil Whig |
John W. Howe (1801 – December 1, 1873) was a Free Soil and Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Howe was born in Maine in 1801. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Smethport, Pennsylvania, and then to Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1829 and commenced the practice of law. He also served as justice of the peace.
Howe was elected as a Free Soil candidate to the Thirty-first Congress and reelected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He moved to Meadville, Pennsylvania, and later to Rochester, New York, where he died in 1873. Interment in Greendale Cemetery in Meadville.
Sources
- United States Congress. "John W. Howe (id: H000853)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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