John Schwartz

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John Schwartz (October 27, 1793–June 20, 1860) was an Anti-Lecompton Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

John Schwartz was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling, and at the age of ten years was apprenticed to a merchant in Reading, Pennsylvania. He became a partner at the expiration of his apprenticeship. Schwartz served in the War of 1812 as a major, and was engaged in the manufacture of iron products.

Schwartz was elected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served until his death in Washington, D.C. in 1860. Interment in Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by: William H. Keim

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1859 - 1860

Succeeded by: Jacob K. McKenty