US Congressman. Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, he was active as a farmer while studying law independently. His first public office was as a local justice of the peace. He was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1816 to 1818, and an associate judge of Somerset County from 1820 to 1840. In 1841 Black was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy left by the death of Charles Ogle; he served exactly five months, from June 28 to November 28, before his sudden death from apoplexy. There is a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. He was the father of US Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black.
US Congressman. Born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, he was active as a farmer while studying law independently. His first public office was as a local justice of the peace. He was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1816 to 1818, and an associate judge of Somerset County from 1820 to 1840. In 1841 Black was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy left by the death of Charles Ogle; he served exactly five months, from June 28 to November 28, before his sudden death from apoplexy. There is a cenotaph for him at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. He was the father of US Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black.
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