- James Thompson Maffett
James Thompson Maffett (
February 2 ,1837 –December 19 ,1912 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .James T.Maffett was born in
Clarion Township, Pennsylvania . He attended the common schools,Rimersburg Academy , andJefferson College inCanonsburg, Pennsylvania . He taught school inMissouri for one year, and then, in 1859, moved toCalifornia , where he taught school in Amador County and began the study of law. He returned toPennsylvania in 1870 and continued the study of law. He was admitted to the bar inBrookville, Pennsylvania , in 1872 and commenced the practice of his profession in Clarion. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in 1884.Maffett was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Clarion in 1912. Interment in Clarion Cemetery.
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