James Mosgrove

James Mosgrove ( born June 14, 1821 in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, † November 27, 1900 ) was an American politician. Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Mosgrove attended the common schools and worked in the iron industry. On the policies he arrived only in the 1870s as a member of the Greenback Party. In 1878 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In the congressional elections of 1880, he was but then in the 25th Election District of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Harry White on March 4, 1881. Since he resigned in 1882 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1883.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Mosgrove became a member of the Democratic Party. This offered him the nomination for the gubernatorial elections, but he refused. In the following years he worked in the banking industry. From 1882 until his death he served as president of the First National Bank. James Mosgrove died on November 27, 1900 in Kittanning, where he was also buried.