Biography

1798 -

PIPER, James, a Representative from Fayette County; born, circa 1798; attorney (1819-1850); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1821); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1822-1823 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1823-1824 term; appointed, District Attorney, Fayette County (1824-1826); elected, justice of the peace (1827-1829); clerk to the commissioners, Fayette County (1828-1838); appointed, register of wills and recorder of deeds, Fayette County (1839-1842); publisher, Democratic Shield (1834-1836); elected, school director, Fayette County (1835-1838); elected, council, Uniontown (1843); secretary, Fayette County Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1844-1849); appointed, clerks to council, Fayette County (1846-1847); trustee, Madison College (defunct), Uniontown, Pa. (1852).