John Hastings was a U.S. Representative

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 from Ohio

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Born in Ireland

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 in 1778, Hastings engaged in agricultural

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 pursuits, while studying law in Lisbon, Ohio

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. He was admitted to the bar

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 and practiced in Mississippi

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He returned to Ohio and settled in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

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, where once again, he engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Hastings was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Twenty-sixth

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 and Twenty-seventh

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 Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843).

He died near Hanoverton, Ohio

Hanoverton, Ohio

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, December 8, 1854 and was interred in Grove Hill Cemetery.

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