Biography

08/01/1780 - 08/26/1857

Joel Keith Mann (D3) Montgomery County 1823-1827

Early Life:

Joel Keith Mann, born August 1, 1781, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; son of Samuel M. and Margaret Keith Mann; common school education; engaged, agricultural farming; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1817-1820; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1823-1827; elected, Jackson Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1831-1835; resumed agricultural farming; married, Sarah Shelmire, children, George Shelmire Mann, Elizabeth Mann, Albert Ross Mann; died, August 28, 1857, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interment, Presbyterian Cemetery, Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1817-1818.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1820. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 3rd district, 1823-1827.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Jackson Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Twenty-second, Twenty-third Congresses, 1831-1835, chairman, Committee on Accounts, Twenty-third Congress, 1833-1835.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Currently not available.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg General Advertiser (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) Saturday September 5, 1857, Page 3.

Joel Keith Mann (1780-1857) - Find a Grave Memorial