J. N. Langham | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's27th district | |
| In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph G. Beale |
| Succeeded by | Solomon T. North |
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| Born | Jonathan Nicholas Langham (1861-08-04)August 4, 1861 Hillsdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 1945(1945-05-21) (aged 83) Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Alma mater | State Normal School |
Jonathan Nicholas Langham (August 4, 1861 – May 21, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1909 to 1915.
Langham was born nearHillsdale, Pennsylvania. He taught school, and graduated from theState Normal School atIndiana, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He studied law, was admitted to theIndiana County, Pennsylvania bar in December 1888 and commenced practice in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
He served as postmaster of Indiana, Pennsylvania, from 1892 to 1893, as assistant United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania from 1898 to 1904, and as chief clerk and corporation deputy in the auditor general’s department of Pennsylvania from 1904 to 1909.
Langham was elected as a Republican to theSixty-first,Sixty-Second, andSixty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914.
In 1915 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas for the fortieth judicial district of Pennsylvania for a term of ten years, reelected in 1925 and served until his retirement in January 1936.
He died in Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1945 at the age of 83. His remains were interred in Oakland Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 27th congressional district 1909–1915 | Succeeded by |
