Biography

03/26/1786 - 02/08/1854

John J. Klingensmith Jr. (D18) Westmoreland County 1831-1834
Early Life:

John J. Klingensmith Jr., born March 26, 1786, Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; son of John J. Sr. and Anna Elizabeth Kauffer Klingensmith; Sheriff, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1819-1822, 1828-1831; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1831-1834; elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, 1836-1837, reelected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1838-1839; Secretary, Land Office of Pennsylvania, 1839-1842; co-owner, The Greensburg Democrat, 1853-1854; married, Nancy Ann Allshouse, 1808 (d.1820), remarried, Priscilla Allshouse, children, Sarah Klingensmith Hunter, Issac Klingensmith; died, February 8, 1854 (aged 67 years, 319 days), West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, interment, West Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Sheriff, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1819-1822, 1828-1831.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Westmoreland County, 1831-1835.

Secretary, Land Office of Pennsylvania, 1839-1842.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Jacksonian, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fourth Congress, 19th district,1836-1837, vacancy; reelected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-fifth Congress, 19th district, 1838-1839. 

Legacy: 

Wives, Nancy Ann Allshouse, 1808 (d.1820), remarried, Priscilla Allshouse. Both were daughters of Henry Allshouse, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland Counties, 1819-1826. Henry Allshouse  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

John Klingensmith Jr. (1786-1854) - Find a Grave Memorial