James Black

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 16th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

March 6, 1793 (79 years old)

Birthday

June 21, 1872

Death

Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, representing two different congressional districts during his career.
Initially elected as a Jacksonian to fill a vacancy in the Twenty-fourth Congress.
Later served as a Democrat in the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses.
Held a position in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the early 1830s.
Served as an associate judge in Perry County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1840s.
Worked as the State collector of tolls on the Juniata Canal after his congressional service.
Lived in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, until his death in 1872.