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Job Mann (March 31, 1795 – October 8, 1873) was a Jacksonian andDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Job Mann was born inBethel Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816. He was register, recorder, and clerk ofBedford County, Pennsylvania, from 1818 to 1835.
Mann was elected as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1836 to theTwenty-fifth Congress. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice inBedford, Pennsylvania. He served as the 16thTreasurer of Pennsylvania from 1842 to 1845, and was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives.
Mann was again elected as a Democrat to theThirtieth andThirty-first Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in1850. He resumed the practice of law and died in Bedford in 1873. Interment in Bedford Cemetery.
The town ofManns Choice, Pennsylvania was named after him by default. In 1848, Congressman Mann pressured to have a post office at an unnamed village in Harrison Township. The Post Office Department approved the new post office, but as the village had no name Congressman Mann was to give it one. Before he did so, postal maps were made with the temporary designation "Mann's Choice" written on it. The name was never changed, and became the permanent and official one.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1835–1837 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1847–1851 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Treasurer of Pennsylvania 1842–1848 | Succeeded by |
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