Jacob Beeson Blair
Unconditional Unionist Representative of West Virginia's 1st district
Representative
Virginia, district 11
December 2, 1861 - March 3, 1863
Representative
West Virginia, district 1
December 7, 1863 - March 3, 1865
2
Congresses Served
2
House Terms
April 11, 1821 (79 years old)
Birthday
February 12, 1901
Death
- Served as a U.S. Representative for both Virginia and West Virginia during the Civil War era.
- Elected to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, filling vacancies and representing Unionist interests.
- Appointed as the United States Minister to Costa Rica, serving from 1868 to 1873.
- Held the position of associate justice on the Wyoming Supreme Court from 1876 to 1888.
- Worked as a probate judge in Salt Lake County, Utah, and served as the surveyor general of Utah.
- Had a legal career that began after being admitted to the bar in 1844.
- Involved in local government and legal practice in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- Passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery.