John Moffet (politician)
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John Moffet (April 5, 1831 – June 19, 1884) was a Democratic member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John Moffet was born in County Antrim, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia. He studied medicine in the University of Pennsylvania there and became an apothecary in 1853.
He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served only one month until he was succeeded by Leonard Myers, who had contested his election (March 4, 1869 – April 9, 1869).
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1869 |
Succeeded by Leonard Myers |
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- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- 1831 births
- 1884 deaths
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- 19th-century American politicians
