James H.

Osmer
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James H. Osmer (January 23, 1832 October 3, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of
Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James H. Osmer was born in Tenterden, Kent, England.
As an infant his parents immigrated to the United States and settled near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He
attended private schools, Bellefonte Academy in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Mount Pleasant College in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania and Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania.
He studied law at Elmira, New York. He was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of New York at
Cortland, New York, in 1858 and practiced at Horseheads, New York, near Elmira, until 1865, when he
moved to Franklin, Pennsylvania, where he was admitted to the bar and practiced. He was a delegate to the
1876 Republican National Convention. He was a delegate to several State conventions.
Osmer was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1880. He continued the practice of his profession in Franklin until his death in 1912, aged 80. He was
interred in Franklin Cemetery.
Sources
James H. Osmer (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000119) at the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osburn-ostrowski.html)
Preceded by
Lewis F. Watson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 27th congressional
district
1879-1881
Succeeded by
Lewis F. Watson
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