Amos Slaymaker

Amos Slaymaker ( born March 11, 1755 in London Country, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † June 12 1837 in Salisbury, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. In the years 1814 and 1815, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Amos Slaymaker received only a limited education and initially worked thereafter in agriculture. Later he ran a hotel on a major thoroughfare of his homeland. As a result, he became a partner of stagecoach lines and various shops. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution. During the Revolutionary War he was a member of a force that fought against pro-British activities in Pennsylvania. After the war he was among his other activities also justice of the peace in Salisbury. He was also active in the state militia. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. Between 1806 and 1810, he was District in Lancaster County; in the years 1810 and 1811 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania.

Following the resignation of Mr James Whitehill Slaymaker was at the election due in the third 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 11 October 1814. Since he gave up another candidacy, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1815. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives sat Amos Slaymaker his former activities continue. He died on June 12, 1837 in Salisbury.