Amos Myers (April 23, 1824 – October 18, 1893) was a Republican member of the

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from

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. Myers was born in Petersburg, Pennsylvania on April 23, 1824. He attended a private school near

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, and in 1843 graduated from Allegheny College in

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Clarion. He held several local offices, and was appointed district attorney of Clarion County, Pennsylvania in 1847. Myers was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865). He served as chairman of the

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during the Thirty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Clarion. He moved to

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and was ordained to the

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ministry. He preached in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and

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, and died in East Carleton (now

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) on October 18, 1893. Interment in

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