district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name restingplace
17th william c. mccauslen december 8 , 1854 -lrb- age 76 -rrb- hanoverton , ohio ireland democratic march 4 , 1843 charles d. coffin 1778 march 4 , 1839 john hastings -lrb- ohio -rrb-
 ohio john hastings grove hill cemetery , hanoverton , ohio
john hastings -lrb- ohio -rrb-

john hastings -lrb- 1778 -- december 8 , 1854 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in ireland in 1778 , hastings engaged in agricultural pursuits , while studying law in lisbon , ohio .
he was admitted to the bar and practiced in mississippi .
he returned to ohio and settled in hanover township , columbiana county , ohio , where once again , he engaged in agricultural pursuits .
hastings was elected as a democrat to the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1839 -- march 4 , 1843 -rrb- .
he died near hanoverton , ohio , december 8 , 1854 and was interred in grove hill cemetery .
