Amos Gustine
Amos Gustine | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district | |
In office May 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | |
Preceded by | Charles McClure |
Succeeded by | Henry Frick |
Personal details | |
Born | 1789 Pennsylvania |
Died | March 3, 1844 Juniata County, Pennsylvania | (aged 54–55)
Political party | Democratic |
Amos Gustine (1789 – March 3, 1844) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843.
Biography[]
Amos Gustine was born in Pennsylvania. He was member of the board of managers of Mifflin Bridge Company in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1828. He served as sheriff of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1834. He was awarded the contract for the first courthouse erected at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. He served as a member of the first town council of Mifflintown in 1833. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in that borough the same year. Gustine was elected treasurer of Juniata County in 1837.
Gustine was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress. After his time in congress, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling. He died in Jericho Mills, Pennsylvania, in 1844. Interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.
Sources[]
- United States Congress. "Amos Gustine (id: G000533)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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