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John Schwartz (October 27, 1793 – June 20, 1860) was an Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the
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Biography

Schwartz was born in
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to Philip Schwartz and Maria Magdalena Schlosser, and was apprenticed to a merchant in Reading, Pennsylvania. He became a partner at the expiration of his apprenticeship. Schwartz served in the
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as a major, and was engaged in the manufacture of
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products. His father, Philip, served in the Revolutionary War and was in Valley Forge. Schwartz was elected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served until his death in
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in 1860. He was interred in
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in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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See also

* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)


References


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwartz, John 1793 births 1860 deaths Burials at Charles Evans Cemetery Politicians from Reading, Pennsylvania American military personnel of the War of 1812 Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Burials at the Congressional Cemetery 19th-century American legislators