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  Black, James
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NameJames Black
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New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania , United States
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Born March 06, 1793
DiedJune 21, 1872 (79 years)
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Jan 23, 2008 04:21pm
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InfoBLACK, James, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Newport, Perry County, Pa., March 6, 1793; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1830 and 1831; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jesse Miller and served from December 5, 1836, to March 3, 1837; associate judge of Perry County in 1842 and 1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); State collector of tolls on the Juniata Canal; died in New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pa., on June 21, 1872; interment in New Bloomfield Cemetery.

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