Johnathan McCarty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johnathan McCarty

American politician

Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1795

Place of Birth: Culpeper County, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 30-Mar-1852

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Johnathan McCarty (August 3, 1795 – March 30, 1852) was a U.S.
Representative from Indiana. Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, McCarty attended the public schools. He moved to Indiana in 1803 with his father, who settled in Franklin County. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1818. He moved to Connersville, Indiana. He served as clerk of the county court 1819-1827. McCarty was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840. He moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where he died March 30, 1852. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.