
John Winfield Wallace (December 20, 1818 – June 24, 1889) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
John Winfield Wallace was born nearBeaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He attended Darlington Academy inDarlington, Pennsylvania, where he afterward taught. He graduated fromJefferson Medical College atPhiladelphia in 1846 and commenced the practice of medicine in Darlington. He moved toNew Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1850, and held several local offices.
Wallace was elected as a Republican to theThirty-seventh Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1862.
During the Civil War, Wallace served as paymaster in theUnion Army. He was again elected as a Republican to theForty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1876.
He resumed the practice of medicine in New Castle where he died in 1889, aged 70. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, near Beaver Falls.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 23rd congressional district 1861–1863 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1875–1877 | Succeeded by |