Jacob B. Blair

American judge

Jacob B. Blair


United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
In office October 6, 1868 – June 30, 1873
President	Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	Albert G. Lawrence
Succeeded by	George Williamson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 1st district
In office December 17, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Preceded by	None (District created)
Succeeded by	Chester D. Hubbard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th district
In office December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	John S. Carlile
Succeeded by	Leslie L. Byrne (District re-created: January 3, 1993)
Personal details
Born	Jacob Beeson Blair (1821年04月11日)April 11, 1821 Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.
Died	February 12, 1901(1901年02月12日) (aged 79) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Resting place	Mount Olivet Cemetery Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. 40°45′18′′N 111°51′00′′W / 40.755°N 111.850°W / 40.755; -111.850
Political party	Union

Jacob Beeson Blair (April 11, 1821 – February 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

Life and career

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Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia (then Virginia), Blair studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He was a lawyer in private practice and served as prosecuting attorney, Ritchie County, West Virginia (then Virginia as well).

Blair was elected as a Unionist from Virginia to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John S. Carlile. Blair served in this capacity from December 2, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He was then elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress from West Virginia, serving from December 7, 1863 to March 3, 1865.

He was United States Minister to Costa Rica from 1868 to 1873. He later served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming from 1876 to 1888. He was a probate judge for Salt Lake County, Utah from 1892 to 1895, and surveyor general of Utah from 1897 to 1901. He died in Salt Lake City and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery there.

Sources

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Congress. "Jacob B. Blair (id: B000525)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John S. Carlile	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district 1861-1863	Succeeded by None
Preceded by None	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 1st congressional district 1863-1865	Succeeded by Isaac H. Duval

v t e United States ambassadors to Costa Rica Costa Rica
Minister Resident	Borland (Envoy) Lamar Dimitry Riotte Lawrence Blair Williamson Logan	Seal of the US Department of State
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Hall Mizner Pacheco Shannon Baker Merry Einstein Hale S. Johnson (a.i.) Martin (a.i.) Thurston (a.i.) R. Davis Eberhardt Sack Hornibrook Lane Scotten
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Des Portes H. Johnson Donnelly N. Davis Flack Fleming Hill Woodward Willauer Telles Boonstra Ploeser Vaky Todman Weissman McNeil Winsor Tambs Hinton Guinot Homme (a.i.) Harrington (a.i.) Becelia (a.i.) de Vos Dodd Danilovich Langdale Brennan (a.i.) Cianchette Andrew Haney Day Telles

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th congressional district
Parker Newton New Garnett Roane Dawson Barbour R. Taylor Barbour Patton Stevenson Robertson Botts W. Taylor McDowell Letcher Snodgrass Lewis Carlile Jenkins Carlile Blair (inactive 1863–1993) Byrne Davis Connolly

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley C. Miller
2nd district	Brown Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney Moore
3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins C. Miller
4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart W. Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall
5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee
6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack
At-large	Sutherland