James M. Wallace

James M. Wallace ( * 1750 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † December 17, 1823 in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1815 and 1821 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Born in what is now Dauphin County James Wallace attended schools in Philadelphia. In the 1770s he joined the American Revolution and served during the War of Independence in various capacities within the American armed forces. When the war ended he had made it to the Major. In 1796 he was Major in the militia in Dauphin County. Politically, he joined the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1799 and 1801 he sat in the District of Dauphin County; 1806-1810 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

After the surrender of the 1814 selected for Congressman Amos Ellmaker, who had never taken up his mandate, Wallace won the election due in the third electoral district of Pennsylvania and took up his duties in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC true from 10 October 1815. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1821 in Congress. In 1820 he gave up another candidacy. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Wallace moved back to his farm. He died on 17 December 1823.