- James K. Moorhead
Infobox Congressman
name=James Kennedy Moorhead
width=200px
state=Pennsylvania
district=21st & 22nd
party=Republican
term=March 4 ,1859 –March 3 ,1863 March 4 ,1863 –March 3 ,1869
preceded=David Ritchie Robert McKnight
succeeded=John L. Dawson James S. Negley
date of birth=birth date|1806|9|7|mf=y
place of birth=Halifax, Pennsylvania , U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1884|3|6|1806|9|7|mf=y
place of death=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S.
spouse=
religion=
profession=Politician , Canal Executive
footnotes=James Kennedy Moorhead (
September 7 ,1806 –March 6 ,1884 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .James K. Moorhead was born in
Halifax, Pennsylvania . He served an apprenticeship at the tanner’s trade, after which he became a canal contractor. He was superintendent and supervisor on theJuniata Canal in 1828, and projected and established the first passenger packet line on thePennsylvania Canal in 1835.In 1838 he was appointed adjutant general of Pennsylvania. He constructed the
Monongahela Navigation Canal and was president of the company for twenty-one years. He was president of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Co., which later became theWestern Union Telegraph Company .He was elected as a Republican to the
36th Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses. In congress he served as chairman to Committee on Manufactures during the 38th and39th Congress es).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1868. He was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1868, and an unsuccessful candidate for election to theUnited States Senate in 1880.James K. Moorhead was the father of Pittsburgh financier Maxwell K. Moorhead, a member of the elite
South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club ofJohnstown Flood fame.He was president of the chamber of commerce of Pittsburgh from 1877 until his death in 1884, aged 77.
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