John Klingensmith Jr. Explained

John Klingensmith Jr.
State:Pennsylvania
District:19th
Term Start:March 4, 1835
Term End:March 3, 1839
Preceded:Richard Coulter
Succeeded:Albert G. Marchand
Office2:Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district
Term Start2:1831
Term End2:1834
Preceded2:Jacob M. Wise
Succeeded2:Samuel Leas Carpenter
Birth Date:26 March 1786
Birth Place:Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Jacksonian
Democratic

John Klingensmith Jr. (March 26, 1786 – February 8, 1854) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district from 1835 to 1839.

Biography

John Klingensmith Jr. was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to John J. Sr. and Anna Elizabeth (Kauffer) Klingensmith.[1] He was sheriff of Westmoreland County from 1819 to 1822 and again from 1828 to 1831.

Career

Klingensmith was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress.

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 18th district from 1831 to 1835 and served as secretary of the land office of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1842.

Klingensmith was co-owner of The Greensburg Democrat newspaper from 1853 to 1854.[2]

Death

He died in 1854 in Westmoreland County.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pennsylvania Senate - John Klingensmith, Jr Biography . www.legis.state.pa.us . 15 November 2019.
  2. Book: Boucher . John Newton . History of Westmoreland County . 1906 . The Lewis Publishing Company . New York . 398 . john klingensmith pennsylvania. . 15 November 2019.