Jacob B. Blair

Jacob B. Blair

Jacob Beeson Blair (born April 11, 1821 in Parkersburg , Virginia , † February 12, 1901 in Salt Lake City , Utah ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the eleventh constituency of the state of Virginia and from 1863 to 1865 the first constituency of the new state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives . From 1868 to 1873 he was US ambassador to Costa Rica .

Life

Jacob Blair was born in Parkersburg in 1821, which was then still part of Virginia. Since 1863, the city has belonged to the then newly formed state of West Virginia. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1844, he began working in Ritchie County in his new profession.

After the resignation of Congressman John S. Carlile , he was elected as a unionist in 1861 for the state of Virginia or for its union-loyal districts in the US House of Representatives. He exercised this mandate between December 2, 1861 and March 3, 1863. After the founding of West Virginia, he was also elected as a unionist first congressman of the first congressional constituency of the new state. This enabled him to represent West Virginia between December 7, 1863 and March 3, 1865 in the House of Representatives in Washington . This period was overshadowed by the events of the civil war.

After his tenure in Congress, Blair served as the American envoy to Costa Rica from 1868 to 1873. Between 1876 and 1888 he was an associate judge on the Wyoming Supreme Court . He then served from 1892 to 1895 as a probate judge in Salt Lake County , Utah Territory . After the founding of the state of Utah he worked there between 1897 and 1901 as a surveyor general . Jacob Blair died on February 12, 1901 in Salt Lake City and was buried there.

Web links

• Jacob B. Blair in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Jacob B. Blair in the database of Find a Grave (English)