John M. S. Causin (1811 – January 30, 1861) was an American politician.
Causin was born in
St. Mary's County, Maryland. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in
Prince George's County, Maryland about 1836, and returned to St. Mary's County to practice. He served as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...
in 1837 and again 1843, and was elected as a
Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.
After his tenure in Congress, Causin moved to
Annapolis, Maryland, and served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention. He later moved to
Chicago, Illinois
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, in 1858 and resumed the practice of law. He died in
Cairo, Illinois, and is interred in the City Cemetery (now Lincoln Park) of Chicago.
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1811 births
1861 deaths
Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
People from St. Mary's County, Maryland
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
Politicians from Prince George's County, Maryland
Politicians from Annapolis, Maryland
19th-century American politicians
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