Joseph Bailey (congressman)

Joseph Bailey ( born March 18, 1810 in Pennsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania; † August 26, 1885 in Bailey Station, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1865 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Bailey attended the common schools and then learned the trade of hatter, he exerted in Parkerville. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1840 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; in 1843 and 1851-1853 he was a member of the State Senate. Since 1845 he lived in Perry County. In 1854 he became Minister of Finance ( State Treasurer ) of his state. After studying law he was admitted to the bar in 1860.

In the congressional elections of 1860 Bailey was in the 16th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Benjamin Franklin Junkin on March 4, 1861. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 4th, 1865 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Civil War. Since 1863, Bailey represented as the successor of James Tracy Hale the 15th District of Pennsylvania.

In 1872, Joseph Bailey took part in a constitutional convention of his state as a delegate. He died on August 26, 1885 in Bailey Station.