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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaAndrew BEAUMONT
(1790-1853)
BEAUMONT, Andrew, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., January 24, 1790; moved to Pennsylvania in 1808;
studied law but never practiced; collector of revenue in 1814;
prothonotary and clerk of the courts of Luzerne County, Pa.,
1816-1819; member of the State house of representatives in 1821,
1822, and 1826; postmaster of Wilkes-Barre 1826-1832; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March
4, 1833-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination;
commissioner of public buildings in Washington, D.C., from November
5, 1846, to March 3, 1847; again a member of the State house of
representatives, in 1849; died in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., September 30,
1853; interment in Hollenback Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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