James Bowen Everhart

James Bowen Everhart (* July 26, 1821 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, † August 23, 1888 ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Everhart was the son of Congressman William Everhart ( 1785-1868 ). He attended the Bolmar 's Academy in West Chester and thereafter until 1842, the Princeton College. After a subsequent law studies at Harvard University, in Philadelphia, he was admitted to the bar in 1845. He then studied for two years abroad, including at the Friedrich- Wilhelms- University in Berlin and at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. After his return he began to practice as a lawyer in West Chester. During the Civil War he served in the state militia of Pennsylvania, who belonged to the army of the Union. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1876 and 1882 he sat in the Senate of Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Everhart was in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Ward on March 4, 1883. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1887 two legislative sessions. In 1886, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, James Everhart operated again as a lawyer. He died on August 23, 1888 in West Chester.