Amos Gustine

Amos Gustine was a Democratic [Party (United States)|Democratic] member of the U.S. [House of Representatives] from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in Pennsylvania in 1789, Gustine was a member of the board of managers of the Mifflin Bridge Company in Mifflin [County, Pennsylvania] in 1828. He then served as the sheriff of Juniata County, Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1834. Awarded the contract for the first courthouse erected at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania in 1832, he served as a member of the first town council of Mifflintown in 1833, and was also employed as a merchant in that same year.
Gustine was subsequently elected as treasurer of Juniata County in 1837.

Congress

Elected as a Democrat to the 27th [United States Congress|Twenty-seventh] Congress, Gustine returned to farming and milling after his tenure of service ended.

Death and interment

Gustine died in Jericho Mills, Pennsylvania on March 3, 1844, and was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania.