John Baptiste Charles Lucas
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John Baptiste Charles Lucas (August 14, 1758–August 17, 1842) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
John B. C. Lucas was born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France. He attended the Honfleur and Paris Law Schools, and graduated from the law department of the University of Caen in 1782. He practiced law in France until 1784, when he immigrated to the United States, settled near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Lucas was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1792 to 1798. He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1794.
Lucas was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served until his resignation in 1805, before the assembling of the Ninth Congress. He moved to St. Louis (then part of the Louisiana Territory), having been appointed district judge for United States District Court for the District of Louisiana (which became Missouri Territory in 1812), and served from 1805 until 1820, when he resigned. He also served as commissioner of land claims of northern Louisiana from 1805 to 1812. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died near St. Louis in 1842. Interment in Calvary Cemetery.
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| Preceded by John Smilie |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1803 - 1805 |
Succeeded by Samuel Smith |
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