Amos Gustine

Amos Gustine (* 1789 in Pennsylvania; † March 3rd, 1844 at Jericho Mills, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About the youth and education of Amos Gustine nothing is handed down. Later he became a member of the board of the company Mifflin Co. Bridge Between 1831 and 1834 he was sheriff in Juniata County. In 1832 he was awarded the construction contract for the first Courthouse in Mifflintown. In this city he was in 1833 elected to the council. In the same year he was engaged in trade; from 1837 he was treasurer in Juniata County. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party.

After the suicide of Mr William Sterrett Ramsey Gustine was at the due election in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on May 4, 1841; in the meantime it had Charles McClure exercised for the rest of the previous legislature. Gustine remained until March 3, 1843 in Congress. This period was burdened by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Amos Gustine worked in agriculture and in the mill business. He died on March 3, 1844, exactly one year after his retirement from Congress in Jericho Mills and was buried in Mifflintown.