Amos Gustine

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Amos Gustine (1789 – January 10, 1846) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Amos Gustine was born in Pennsylvania. He was member of the board of managers of Mifflin Bridge Company in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1828. He served as sheriff of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1834. He was awarded the contract for the first courthouse erected at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. He served as a member of the first town council of Mifflintown in 1833. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in that borough the same year. Gustine was elected treasurer of Juniata County in 1837.

Gustine was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Ramsey. After his time in congress, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling. He died in Jericho Mills, Pennsylvania, in 1844. Interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.

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

Preceded by William Sterrett Ramsey

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1841 - 1843

Succeeded by Henry Frick