Job Mann

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Job Mann(March 31, 1795 – October 8, 1873) was a Jacksonian andDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.

Job Mann was born inBethel Township, Pennsylvania.He attended the common schools and the Bedford Academy. He served as clerk to the board of county commissioners in 1816. He was register, recorder, and clerk ofBedford County, Pennsylvania,from 1818 to 1835.

Mann was elected as a Jacksonian to theTwenty-fourthCongress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1836to theTwenty-fifthCongress. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and commenced practice inBedford, Pennsylvania.He served as the 16thTreasurer of Pennsylvaniafrom 1842 to 1845, and was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives.

Mann was again elected as a Democrat to theThirtiethandThirty-firstCongresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in1850.He resumed the practice of law and died in Bedford in 1873. Interment in Bedford Cemetery.

The town ofManns Choice, Pennsylvaniawas named after him by default. In 1848, Congressman Mann pressured to have a post office at an unnamed village in Harrison Township. The Post Office Department approved the new post office, but as the village had no name Congressman Mann was to give it one. Before he did so, postal maps were made with the temporary designation "Mann's Choice" written on it. The name was never changed, and became the permanent and official one.

Sources

• United States Congress."Job Mann (id: M000106)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard