Sydenham Elnathan Ancona

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 8th district

  • Representative

    Pennsylvania, district 8

    December 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867

3

Congresses Served

3

House Terms

November 20, 1824 (88 years old)

Birthday

June 20, 1913

Death

  • Served three terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1867.
  • Born near Lititz, Pennsylvania, with a British Sephardic Jewish family background.
  • Moved to Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1826 and later to Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1856.
  • Worked for the Reading Company and served on the Board of Education before entering politics.
  • Engaged in the trust, fire-insurance, and relief-association businesses after leaving Congress.
  • Was a delegate to the 1880 Democratic National Convention.
  • Received a reception on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1912 as the last surviving member of the Thirty-seventh Congress.
  • Worked in banking and the insurance business until his death in 1913.
  • Interred in Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania.