John Mitchell (Pennsylvania)

John Mitchell (* March 8, 1781 in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania, † August 3, 1849 in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Mitchell attended the public schools of his home. In 1800, he moved to Bellefonte, where he was employed at an ironworks. In 1818 he was sheriff in Centre County. He then worked as an engineer and as a surveyor. He built many toll roads ( turnpikes ) in the central and northern Pennsylvania. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson. In the years 1822 and 1823 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Mitchell was in the twelfth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Brown on March 4, 1825. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1829 two legislative sessions. This period was characterized by fierce debate between the supporters of Andrew Jackson and those of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.

During his time as an MP Mitchell was appointed during the meeting breaks the Congress with the land surveying for various channel projects in Pennsylvania. In 1829 he was commissioner channel of his home state. Since 1842 he lived in Bridgewater in Beaver County. In his later years he again worked in the iron industry, and as an engineer. Since 1845 until his death on August 3, 1849 was John Mitchell Member of the Supervisory Authority for the channel essence of his State.