Jesse Lazear | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's24th district | |
| In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | John Patton |
| Succeeded by | George V.E. Lawrence |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's20th district | |
| In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | |
| Preceded by | William Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | Amos Myers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1804-12-12)December 12, 1804 |
| Died | September 2, 1877(1877-09-02) (aged 72) |
| Political party | Democratic |
Jesse Lazear (December 12, 1804 – September 2, 1877) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Lazear was born to Thomas Lazear, Esq., and Elizabeth (Braddock) inRichhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.[1] He received a limited schooling, taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as Recorder of Deeds forGreene County, Pennsylvania, from 1829 to 1832. Lazear was a bank cashier of the Farmers & Drovers' Bank inWaynesburg, Pennsylvania from 1835 to 1867.
Lazear was elected as a Democrat to theThirty-seventh andThirty-eighth Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1864.
Lazear was a delegate to theUnion National Convention atPhiladelphia in 1866. He retired to his country home, "Windsor Mill Farm", inWoodlawn, 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 the Green Mount Cemetery in Waynesburg.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1861–1863 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1863–1865 | Succeeded by |
