James Black (congressman)

James Black ( born March 6, 1793 in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania, † June 21, 1872 in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. In the years 1836 and 1837 and 1843-1847, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Black attended the public schools of his home and was then engaged in trade. He joined the Democratic Party, founded by Andrew Jackson and was in the years 1830 and 1831 MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Following the resignation of Jesse Miller Black was at the election due in the 13th electoral district of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 5 December 1836. Until March 3, 1837, he could end the current parliamentary term in Congress.

In the years 1842 and 1843 Black was an Associate Justice in Perry County. In the 1842 elections, he was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1847 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Mexican -American war since 1845.

After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives James Black was working on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania as Gebühreneinnehmer at Juniata Canal. He died on June 21, 1872 in New Bloomfield, where he was also buried.