Amos Myers served as a Representative from Pennsylvania in the United States Congress from 1863 to 1865. A member of the Republican Party, Amos Myers contributed to the legislative process during 1 term in office.
Amos Myers’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Amos Myers participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.
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 (now East 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 Carlton (now Kent), New York, on October 18, 1893. Interment in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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