Amos Myers

Amos Myers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Preceded byJesse Lazear
Succeeded byCharles Vernon Culver
Personal details
Born(1824-04-23)April 23, 1824
Petersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 18, 1893(1893-10-18) (aged 69)
East Carleton, New York, U.S.
Resting placeCrown Hill Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Alma materAllegheny College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Amos Myers (April 23, 1824 – October 18, 1893) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Myers was born in Petersburg, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1824. He attended a private school near Clarion, Pennsylvania, and in 1843 graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Clarion. He held several local offices, and was appointed district attorney of Clarion County, Pennsylvania in 1847.

Myers was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during the Thirty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Clarion. He moved to Kentucky and was ordained to the Baptist ministry. He preached in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New York, and died in East Carleton (now Kent, New York) on October 18, 1893. Interment in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Amos Myers (id: M001126)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Amos Myers at The Political Graveyard


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