Adam John Glossbrenner

Adam John Glos burner ( born August 31, 1810 in Hagerstown, Maryland, † March 1, 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1869 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Adam Glos burner served an apprenticeship in the printing trade and was then in the newspaper business operates. In 1827 and 1828 he published the newspaper Western Telegraph out in Hamilton (Ohio ). In 1829 he moved to York in Pennsylvania, where he founded the newspaper York County Farmer in 1831. Since 1835, he was a partner at the newspaper York Gazette, with which he remained associated until 1860; In 1862 he founded the Philadelphia Age newspaper. In 1836, he served as Clerk employee at the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; 1843 to 1847 he held the same function in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC from. He then worked until 1849 for the U.S. State Department. From 1850 to 1860 he held the post of Sergeant at Arms in the U.S. House of Representatives before he acted as private secretary to President James Buchanan in 1860 and 1861. Politically, he was like a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Glos burner was elected in the 15th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Joseph Bailey on March 4, 1865. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1869 two legislative sessions. During this time, ended the civil war. Since 1865 the work of the Congress of the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson was charged, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

In 1868 Adam Glos burner was not re-elected. Since 1872 he worked in York in the banking industry. In 1880 he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked until his death on March 1, 1889 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.