Biography

1765 - 01/01/1832

BLAIR, John, a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, 1765 in Fannett, Cumberland (now Franklin) County, Pa.; farmer; elected, commissioner, Huntingdon County (1791-1794); merchant; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1798-1799, 1799-1800, 1801-1802 and 1802-1803 terms; elected, delegate, Federalist National Convention (1804); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1808); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Blair’s Gap (1808); justice of the peace, Blair’s Gap (1808); engaged, real estate; owner, stage coach line (1819-1827); president, Huntingdon-Blairsville Turnpike (1819-1826); owner, grist mill; owner, distillery; overseer of the poor, Huntingdon County (1824); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1825); reelected to the House for the 1826-1827 and 1827-1828 terms; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1828-1829, 1829-1830 and 1830-1831 terms; route planner, Pennsylvania Canal Commission (1831); died, January 1, 1832 in Blairs Gap, Huntingdon (now Blair) County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania.