Biography

10/24/1797 - 09/07/1871

HASTINGS, Thomas Barton, Jr., a Representative from Centre and Clearfield Counties; born, October 24, 1797 in Huntingdon County, Pa.; hotelkeeper; unsuccessful campaign, coroner, Centre County (1822); elected, sheriff, Centre County (1824-1827); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1827-1828 and 1828-1829 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1829); proprietor, Jefferson Tavern (1831); proprietor, Globe Hotel (1831-1839); merchant; engaged, lumber business; appointed, prothonotary, Jefferson County, Pa. (1832-1835); elected, delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention (1837-1838); publisher, Backwoodsman (1838-1840); elected, treasurer, Jefferson County (1841); appointed, associate judge, Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas (1846); died, September 7, 1871 in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; interred, Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.