Biography

03/18/1810 - 08/26/1885

Joseph Bailey (D3) Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties 1843 (D4) Chester and Delaware Counties 1844-1845 (D13) Cumberland and Perry Counties, 1851-1853

Early Life:

Joseph Bailey, born March 18, 1810, Parkersville, Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob and Elizabeth Parker Baily; common school education; hatter, Parkersville, Pennsylvania; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1840-1841; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1843; moved, Perry County, 1845, furnace owner; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1851-1853; State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, 1854-1855; studied law; admitted, bar, 1860; attorney, law practice, 1860-1885; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1861-1865; member, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872; married, Rebecca Watson Baily, children, Jessie Baily, Laura Watson Baily Barclay, Augustus W Baily, Elizabeth Baily; died, August 26, 1885, Bailey Station, Perry County, Pennsylvania; interment, Bloomfield Cemetery, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1840-1841. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 3rd district, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, 1843. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 4th district, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1844-1845.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Cumberland and Perry Counties, 1851-1853. 

State Treasurer of Pennsylvania, 1854-1855. 

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth Congresses, 1861-1865; voted for abolition of slavery. 

Member, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

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

Joseph Baily (1810-1885) - Find a Grave Memorial