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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn TEST
(1771-1849)
TEST, John, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Salem, N.J., November 12,
1771; moved with his parents to Philadelphia, Pa., and attended the
common schools; moved to Fayette County, Pa., and operated Fayette
Chance Furnace for several years; moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and
then to Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., and operated a grist
mill; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in
Brookville, Ind.; held several local offices; judge of the third
district circuit 1816-1819; elected as a Jackson Republican to the
Eighteenth Congress and reelected as an Adams candidate to the
Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1827); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress; elected
as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4,
1829-March 3, 1831); presiding judge of the Indiana circuit court;
moved to Mobile, Ala., and resumed the practice of law; died near
Cambridge City, Wayne County, Ind., October 9, 1849; interment in
Cambridge City, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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