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Christopher Rankin

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American politician (1788–1826)

Christopher Rankin
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromMississippi'sat-large district
In office
March 4, 1819 – March 14, 1826
Preceded byGeorge Poindexter
Succeeded byWilliam Haile
Chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Natural Resources
In office
1821–1826
Preceded byRichard Clough Anderson, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn Scott
Personal details
Born1788 (1788)
Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 14, 1826(1826-03-14) (aged 37–38)
Washington D.C., U.S.
Resting placeCongressional Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Other political
affiliations
Jacksonian

Christopher Rankin (1788 – March 14, 1826) was an attorney and politician from Pennsylvania, who moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1809. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1817, and was later elected as aU.S. representative for several terms, serving from 1819 to 1826.

Early life and education

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Born inWashington County, Pennsylvania, Rankin attended preparatory studies at Jefferson College (nowWashington & Jefferson College) inCanonsburg, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1808.[1] He moved to Georgia, where he taught a village school and studied law at the same time. After being admitted to the bar in 1809, he began practice inLiberty, Mississippi.

Political career

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Rankin was elected to a term as a member of the territorial legislature in 1812, serving one year. He moved toNatchez, Mississippi, in 1816 and practiced law. He was elected as a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1817. That year he ran as an unsuccessful candidate forUnited States Senator in 1817 (the position at that time was elected by the state legislature). After that, he held several local offices.

Rankin was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and elected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1819, until his death inWashington, D.C., March 14, 1826. He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Seventeenth through Nineteenth Congresses). He was interred in theCongressional Cemetery.

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External links

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  1. ^Eaton, Samuel John Mills; Woods, Henry (1902).Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Philadelphia: G.H. Buchanan and Company. p. 21.OCLC 2379959. RetrievedApril 4, 2010.
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