Joseph Halstead Anderson

Democrat Representative of New York's 7th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

August 25, 1800 (69 years old)

Birthday

June 23, 1870

Death

19th-century farmer and politician
Served two terms as a U.S. Representative
Member of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1834
Served as Sheriff of Westchester County from 1835 to 1838
Elected as a Democrat to the 28th and 29th Congresses (1843-1847)
Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture during the Twenty-ninth Congress
Did not seek renomination in 1846 and returned to farming
Died in 1870 and was buried in a family graveyard in Westchester County, New York
Great-grandson was New York State Senator Henry A. Wise (1906–1982)