James M. Wallace

James M. Wallace (born 1750 in Lancaster County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  December 17, 1823 in Hummelstown , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1821 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in what is now Dauphin County , James Wallace attended schools in Philadelphia . He joined the American Revolution in the 1770s and served in various functions in the American armed forces during the Revolutionary War . By the end of the war he had made it to major. In 1796 he became a major in the Dauphin County Militia. Politically, he joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . Between 1799 and 1801 he served on the Dauphin County County Council; from 1806 to 1810 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania .

After Amos Ellmaker , who was elected Congressman in 1814 and who never took office, resigned from office, Wallace won the due by-election in the third constituency of Pennsylvania and took up his duties in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC from October 10, 1815. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1821 . In 1820 he renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Wallace retired to his farm. He died on December 17, 1823.

Web links

• James M. Wallace in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James M. Wallace in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Amos Slaymaker	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) with John Whiteside October 10, 1815 - March 3, 1821	John Phillips