James B. Everhart
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | William Ward |
| Succeeded by | Smedley Darlington |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 19th district | |
| In office 1876-1882 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1821 West Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 23, 1888 (aged 67) West Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
James Bowen Everhart (July 26, 1821 – August 23, 1888) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1883 to 1887. He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 19th district from 1876 to 1882.
Biography
James B. Everhart (son of William Everhart) was born in the Boot, near West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended Bolmar's Academy in West Chester and graduated from Princeton College in 1842. He studied law at Harvard University and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and went abroad and spent two years in study at the Universities of Berlin and Edinburgh. He returned to West Chester and engaged in the practice of law. During the American Civil War, Everhart served in Company B, Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 19th district from 1876 to 1882.[1]
Everhart was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886. He resumed the practice of law and died in West Chester in 1888. Interment in Oaklands Cemetery, in West Chester.[2]
Writings
His writings, which are marked by terseness of style, include Miscellanies, in prose (West Chester, Pa, 1862); a volume of short poems (Philadelphia, 1868); and "The Fox Chase," a poem (Philadelphia, 1875).[3]
Family
His brother Benjamin Matlack Everhart was a noted mycologist.
Notes
- ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - James Bowen Everhart Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "James Bowen Everhart". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
References
- United States Congress. "James B. Everhart (id: E000270)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- The Political Graveyard
External links
- "James B. Everhart". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
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