Biography

12/25/1786 - 09/03/1863

TODD, James, a Representative from Fayette County; born, December 25, 1786 in York County, Pa.; indentured apprentice; unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Fayette County 1815); elected, commissioner, Fayette County (1816-1817); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1819-1820, 1820-1821, 1821-1822, 1822-1823, and 1823-1824 terms; attorney (1823-1863); unsuccessful campaign, United States Senate (1824, 1825); appointed, prothonotary and clerk of courts, Fayette County (1825-1830); appointed, Attorney General of Pennsylvania (1835-1838); appointed, president judge, Court of Criminal Sessions, Philadelphia (1838-1840); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1841); collector for Philadelphia (1841); died, September 3, 1863 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.