Jesse Lazear
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Jesse Lazear was a Democratic
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Lazear was born in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling, taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as Recorder of Deeds for Greene County, Pennsylvania
, from 1829 to 1832. Lazear was a bank cashier of the Farmers & Drovers’ Bank in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
from 1835 to 1867.
Lazear was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh
and Thirty-eighth
Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864
. Lazear was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He retired to his country home, "Windsor Mill Farm", in Baltimore County, Maryland
, in 1867. He served as president of the Baltimore & Powhatan Railroad Company from 1871 to 1874. Lazear died at his country home in 1877 and was interred in Green Mount Cemetery in Waynesburg.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Lazear was born in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling, taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as Recorder of Deeds for Greene County, Pennsylvania
Greene County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,672 people, 15,060 households, and 10,587 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 16,678 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...
, from 1829 to 1832. Lazear was a bank cashier of the Farmers & Drovers’ Bank in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census....
from 1835 to 1867.
Lazear was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh
37th United States Congress
The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two...
and Thirty-eighth
38th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...
Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864
United States House election, 1864
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1864 to elect Representatives to the 39th United States Congress. The election coincided with the presidential election of 1864, in which President Abraham Lincoln was re-elected....
. Lazear was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia in 1866. He retired to his country home, "Windsor Mill Farm", in Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...
, in 1867. He served as president of the Baltimore & Powhatan Railroad Company from 1871 to 1874. Lazear died at his country home in 1877 and was interred in Green Mount Cemetery in Waynesburg.