John McNair (congressman)
John Alexander McNair (June 8, 1800 – August 12, 1861) was an American teacher and congressman representing Pennsylvania's fifth district for two terms from 1851 to 1855.
Biography
Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he taught school and worked as principal of Loller Academy in Hatboro, Pennsylvania in 1825.
Early career
He established a boys school in the village of Abington, Pennsylvania. He served as clerk of the courts of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1848 and moved to Norristown, Pennsylvania.
Congress
McNair was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Thirty-third Congress.
Retirement and death
McNair settled on a plantation in Prince William County, Virginia, near Gainesville.
He died at Evansport, Virginia, near Aquia Creek, in 1861.
Sources
- United States Congress. "John McNair (id: M000581)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Preceded by John Freedley | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | Succeeded by John Cadwalader |
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- Walter
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- Holland
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- Curtis
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- Jo. Wallace
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- Jo. Thompson
- A. Cochran
- Bayne
- W. Stone
- W. Graham
- A. Cooper
- Crago
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- Sterling
- Kendall
- Swoope
- Chase
- J. Kurtz
- Gingery
- Van Zandt
- Brumbaugh
- J. B. Snyder
- Hoffman
- Crow
- Cavalcante
- Sittler
- Gavin
- A. Johnson
- Ammerman
- Clinger
- Banks
- Pearson
- Henry
- Buffington
- A. Irvin
- A. Gilmore
- Curtis
- Barclay
- Gillis
- C. Hall
- J. Patton
- Lazear
- G. Lawrence
- Donley
- McClelland
- W. Moore
- Jo. Wallace
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- G. Lawrence
- Jackson
- Ray
- A. Stewart Jr.
- A. Craig
- Sipe
- Acheson
- Tener
- Matthews
- Temple
- Kendall
- J. B. Snyder
- Morgan
- Kearns
- Weaver
- Vigorito
- Marks
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- Galbraith
- Plumer
- J. Dick
- Babbitt
- Jenks
- H. White
- Mosgrove
- J. D. Patton
- Ale. White
- Maffett
- C. Townsend
- Gillespie
- T. Phillips Sr.
- Showalter
- Bates
- Shreve
- Liebel
- H. Clark
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- Faddis
- Furlong
- L. Graham
- F. Clark
- G. Myers
- E. Atkinson
- Sheakley
- Jo. Thompson
- S. Dick
- Fleeger
- N. Hall
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- Griswold
- Sturtevant
- Gaston
- Bates
- Shull
- Schneebeli
- Brodhead
- A. Palmer
- Steele
- Kirkpatrick
- T. Phillips Jr.
- Swick
- C. Eckert
- L. Graham
- Tibbott
- Coffey
- Saylor
- Morgan
- Shiras
- W. Graham
- S. Porter
- Shreve
- Crosby
- Rodgers
- H. Campbell
- J. McDowell
- H. Davenport
- H. D. Denny
- Corbett
- Me. Kelly
- Ellenbogen
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