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John Covode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Covode

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Covode
John Covode

John Covode (March 17, 1808January 11, 1871) was a United States Congressman and abolitionist.

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[edit] Early life

Covode was born in West Fairfield, Pennsylvania. After serving an apprenticeship to a blacksmith, he became involved in the Westmoreland Coal Company, serving as the first president of the company in 1854. [1]

[edit] United States House of Representatives

In 1854, he was elected to Congress as an anti-Masonic Whig.

After joining the Republican Party, he was re-elected to the 35th Congress in 1856. He was a strong supporter of the Freedmen's Bureau, the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and the Reconstruction Acts. He attended the Union National Convention in Philadelphia in 1866.

[edit] Committees

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Public Expenditures from 1857 until 1859 and the United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1867 until 1869. He also served on the United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

[edit] Covode Committee

Covode is most famous for chairing a committee to investigate the possibility of impeaching President James Buchanan during the spring and summer of 1860.

[edit] United States House election, 1870

Covode contested with Henry D. Foster the election to the Forty-first Congress, neither being sworn pending the contest, as no credentials were issued by the Governor. On February 9, 1870, the House declared him duly elected, whereupon he qualified and served until his death. Covode died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, aged 62.

[edit] Family

His oldest son, George H. Covode (1835-1864), was a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. He died on June 25, 1864 after being shot in the arm and stomach by Confederate troops he had mistaken for Unionists.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

  • Chester, Edward W. “The Impact of the Covode Congressional Investigation.” Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 42 (December 1959): 343-50
  • Baker, Jean H.: James Buchanan, Times Books: 2004
Preceded by
Augustus Drum
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district

1855 - 1863
Succeeded by
Glenni W. Scofield
Preceded by
John L. Dawson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district

1867 - 1871
Succeeded by
Henry D. Foster


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