John Klingensmith Jr. (March 26, 1786 – February 8, 1854) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1835 to 1839.
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 for the 18th district | |
| In office 1831–1834 | |
| Preceded by | Jacob M. Wise |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Leas Carpenter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1786 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | February 8, 1854 (aged 67) Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Jacksonian Democratic |
Biography
editJohn Klingensmith Jr. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to John J. Sr. and Anna Elizabeth (Kauffer) Klingensmith.[1] He was sheriff of Westmoreland County from 1819 to 1822 and again from 1828 to 1831.
Career
editKlingensmith 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 for the 18th district from 1831 to 1835 and served as secretary of the land office of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1842.
Klingensmith was co-owner of The Greensburg Democrat newspaper from 1853 to 1854.[2]
Death
editHe died in 1854 in Westmoreland County.
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Pennsylvania Senate - John Klingensmith, Jr Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ Boucher, John Newton (1906). History of Westmoreland County. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 398. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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Sources
edit- United States Congress. "John Klingensmith Jr. (id: K000269)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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