James Black (congressman)

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James Black (March 6, 1793 - June 21, 1872) was a Jacksonian and Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James Black was born in Newport, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1830 and 1831.

Black was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jesse Miller. He served as associate judge of Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1842 and 1843.

He was again elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses. After his time in congress, he served as State collector of tolls on the Juniata Canal. He died in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, in 1872. Interment in New Bloomfield Cemetery.

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Preceded by:
Jesse Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district

1836 - 1837
Succeeded by:
Charles McClure
Preceded by:
John Snyder
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1843 - 1847
Succeeded by:
Jasper E. Brady