Johnathan McCarty explained

Johnathan McCarty
State:Indiana
Term Start:March 4, 1833
Term End:March 3, 1837
Predecessor:District established
Successor:John Carr
State1:Indiana
Term Start1:March 4, 1831
Term End1:March 3, 1833
Predecessor1:John Test
Successor1:John Carr
Birth Date:3 August 1795
Birth Place:Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Keokuk, Iowa, U.S
Party:Anti-Jacksonian
Otherparty:Jacksonian (before 1835)

Johnathan McCarty (August 3, 1795 – March 30, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, McCarty attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his father, who settled in Franklin County.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818.He moved to Connersville, Indiana.He served as clerk of the county court 1819–1827.

McCarty was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress.He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840.He moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he died March 30, 1852.He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.