Banks, John. Was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1793; was brought up on his father's farm, but received a classical education; studied law, and came to the bar in 1819, and settled in the western part of the State; was a Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1836, when he resigned to accept the appointment of President Judge of the Third Judicial District of the State; in 1841 was the Whig Candidate for Governor, but failed to be elected; and in 1847 he resigned the judgeship and became the State Treasurer. He was subsequently engaged in the practice of his profession, and died at Reading, on the 3d of April, 1864.
Lanman, Charles. Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States During Its First Century: From Original and Official Sources. Washington: James Anglim, Publisher, 1876, p. 19.
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