Jacob Beeson Blair (April 11, 1821 – February 12, 1901) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from Virginia and from West Virginia, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

Life and career

Born in

Parkersburg, West Virginia Parkersburg is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia, Wood County, West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Little Kanawha River, Little Kanawha rivers, it is the state's fourth-largest city and ...

(then Virginia), Blair studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He was a lawyer in private practice and served as prosecuting attorney, Ritchie County, West Virginia (then Virginia as well). Blair was elected as a Unionist from Virginia to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative

John S. Carlile John Snyder Carlile (December 16, 1817October 24, 1878) was an Americans, American merchant, lawyer, slaveowner and politician, including a United States senator. A strong supporter of the Union (American Civil War), Union cause during the Ameri ...

. Blair served in this capacity from December 2, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He was then elected as an Unconditional Unionist from West Virginia to the Thirty-eighth Congress (December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He was United States Minister to Costa Rica from 1868 to 1873. He later served as associate justice of the

Supreme Court of Wyoming The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming from a list of three nominees submitted by the ...

from 1876 to 1888. He was a probate judge for Salt Lake County, Utah from 1892 to 1895, and surveyor general of Utah from 1897 to 1901. He died in Salt Lake City and was interred in Mount Olive Cemetery there.

Sources

* 1821 births 1901 deaths Politicians from Parkersburg, West Virginia Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Unconditional Union Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia Virginia Unionists West Virginia Unconditional Unionists 19th-century American diplomats People from Ritchie County, West Virginia Virginia lawyers County and city Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia 19th-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica Justices of the Wyoming Supreme Court 19th-century American judges Members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia {{Wyoming-state-judge-stub

Life and career

See also

Sources