Amos Gustine

Amos Gustine
Amos Gustine
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 13th district
	In office; March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Charles McClure
Succeeded by	Henry Frick
Personal details
Born	1789; Pennsylvania
Died	March 3, 1844 (aged 54–55); Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic

Amos Gustine (1789 – March 3, 1844) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Amos Gustine was born in Pennsylvania. He was member of the board of managers of Mifflin Bridge Company in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in 1828. He served as sheriff of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, from 1831 to 1834. He was awarded the contract for the first courthouse erected at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1832. He served as a member of the first town council of Mifflintown in 1833. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in that borough the same year. Gustine was elected treasurer of Juniata County in 1837.

Gustine was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress. After his time in congress, he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling. He died in Jericho Mills, Pennsylvania, in 1844. Interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.

Sources

United States Congress. "Amos Gustine (id: G000533)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles McClure	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1841–1843	Succeeded by Henry Frick

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