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
[edit]Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he taught school and worked as principal of Loller Academy in Hatboro, Pennsylvania in 1825.
Early career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]McNair settled on a plantation in Prince William County, Virginia, near Gainesville.
He died at Evansport, Virginia, near Aquia Creek, in 1861.
Sources
[edit]- United States Congress. "John McNair (id: M000581)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
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- 1800 births
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- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Politicians from Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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