James Mathews (American politician)

James Mathews

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter
Succeeded by	Perley B. Johnson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	Joshua Reed Giddings
Succeeded by	John D. Cummins
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office 1832-1837

Personal details
Born	(1805-06-04)June 4, 1805 Liberty, Ohio
Died	March 30, 1887(1887-03-30) (aged 81) Knoxville, Iowa
Resting place	Graceland Cemetery
Political party	Democratic

James Mathews (June 4, 1805 – March 30, 1887) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Matthews was born at Liberty, Trumbull County, Ohio. After studying law he was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1830. He then moved to Coshocton, Ohio, where he practiced law. From 1832-1837 Mathews was a member of the Ohio State senate.

In 1841 he was elected a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th congressional district which then covered Knox County, Ohio, Coshocton County, Ohio, Holmes County, Ohio and Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

In 1842 Mathews was re-elected from Ohio's 16th congressional district which only differed from the old 13th in that it did not include Knox County. In 1844 Mathews did not run for re-election.

In 1855 Mathews moved to Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa. From 1857-1859 he served as prosecuting attorney for this county. He also latter served as a professor of pomology at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) and Knoxville's postmaster.

Sources

Congressional biography
Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts, 1788-1841. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978.
Parsons, Stanley B., William W. Beach and Michael J. Dubin. United States Congressional Districts and Data, 1843-1883. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1986.

Offices and distinctions

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter	United States Representative from Ohio's 13th congressional district March 4, 1841–March 3, 1843	Succeeded by Perley B. Johnson
Preceded by Joshua Reed Giddings	United States Representative from Ohio's 16th congressional district March 4, 1843–March 3, 1845	Succeeded by John D. Cummins
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles W. Simmons	Representative from Coshocton County December 3, 1832-December 1, 1833	Succeeded by John Crowely
Ohio Senate
Preceded by Peres Sprague	Senator from Coshocton, Knox & Holmes County District December 3, 1838-December 6, 1840	Succeeded by Byram Leonard

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th congressional district
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 16th congressional district
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