Joseph Biles Anthony

Jacksonian Representative of Pennsylvania's 16th district

  • Representative

    Pennsylvania, district 16

    December 7, 1835 - March 3, 1837

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

June 19, 1795 (55 years old)

Birthday

January 10, 1851

Death

  • Served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s 16th congressional district from 1833 to 1837.
  • Attended public schools and Princeton College.
  • Studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law.
  • Served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 1830 to 1833.
  • Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses.
  • After Congress, appointed judge of the ‘Nicholson court’ and engaged in the sale of titles to large tracts of lands in Pennsylvania.
  • Elected president judge of the eighth district in 1844 and served until his death.
  • Died in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Williamsport Cemetery.