Amos Gustine

Amos Gustine (* 1789 in Pennsylvania , †  March 3, 1844 in Jericho Mills , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nothing is known about Amos Gustine's youth and schooling. He later became a board member of Mifflin Bridge Co. Between 1831 and 1834 he was sheriff in Juniata County . In 1832 he was commissioned to build the first courthouse in Mifflintown . In this city he was elected to the local council in 1833. In the same year he was active in the trade; from 1837 he was a chamberlain in Juniata County. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

After the suicide of MP William Sterrett Ramsey , Gustine was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on May 4, 1841; in the meantime, Charles McClure had exercised it for the remainder of the previous legislature. Gustine remained in Congress until March 3, 1843 . That period was fraught with tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Amos Gustine worked in agriculture and in the milling business. He died on March 3, 1844, exactly a year after leaving Congress, in Jericho Mills and was buried in Mifflintown.

Web links

• Amos Gustine in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Amos Gustine in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Charles McClure	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (13th constituency) May 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	James Black