About John Hastings
Lived 1778 – 1854 (aged 75–76). John Hastings was an American politician and lawyer.
John Hastings (1778 – December 8, 1854) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1839 to 1843.
Biography Born in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1778, Hastings engaged in agricultural pursuits, while studying law in Lisbon, Ohio.
Early career He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mississippi.
He returned to Ohio and settled in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, where once again, he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Congress Hastings was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1843).
Death and burial He died near Hanoverton, Ohio, December 8, 1854 and was interred in Grove Hill Cemetery.
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American politician (1778-1854)
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John Hastings was born in 1778 in Kingdom of Ireland.
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John Hastings died on 8 December 1854 in Hanoverton.
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· DBpedia: John Hastings (Ohio politician)
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