Biography

06/19/1795 - 01/10/1851

Joseph Biles Anthony (D13) Lycoming, Centre, Clearfield, McKean, Potter Counties 1830-1833

Early Life:

Joseph Biles Anthony, born June 19, 1795, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; public schools education; Princeton College, studied law; admitted, bar, 1817, practiced; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1830-1833; elected, Jacksonian, United State House of Representatives, 1833-1837; appointed, judge, Nicholson Court; engaged, sale of titles to large tracts of lands in Pennsylvania; elected, president judge, eighth district, 1844-1851; married, Katherine Grafius, children, Mary Anthony Lyon, Martha Biles Anthony McClure, Catherine Grafius Anthony White, Rachel Anthony Montgomery; died, January 10, 1851, (aged 55), Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interment, Williamsport Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Lycoming, Centre, Clearfield, McKean, Potter Counties, 1830-1833. 

Elected, Jacksonian, United State House of Representatives, Twenty-third, 1833–1835, Twenty-fourth, 1835–1837 Congresses, 1833-1837.

Appointed, judge, Nicholson Court, engaged, sale of titles to large tracts of lands in Pennsylvania. 

Elected president judge, eighth district, 1844-1851.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "A" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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