Amos Myers

Amos Myers ( born April 23 1824 in Petersburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † October 18, 1893 in East Carleton, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Amos Myers visited near Clarion a private school and then completed in 1843, the Meadville College. After a subsequent law degree in 1846 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Clarion to work in this profession. He also held various local offices in his home. In 1847 he became district attorney in Clarion County. Later he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854.

In the congressional elections of 1862 Myers was in the 20th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Jesse Lazear on March 4, 1863. Until March 3, 1865, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the events of the Civil War. During his time as an MP Myers was Chairman of the Committee for the control of expenditure of the Treasury.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Amos Myers practiced first again as a lawyer in Clarion. Then he moved to Kentucky, where he was ordained a clergyman of the Baptist church. In the following years he worked in the states of Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New York in this profession. He died on 18 October 1893 in East Carleton, today Kent, in New York State.