Josiah Duane Hicks

Josiah Duane Hicks ( born August 1, 1844 in Make, Wales, † May 9, 1923 in Altoona, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1899 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1847 Josiah Hicks came with his parents from his native Wales to Pennsylvania, where the family settled in Duncanville. He attended the public schools in Blair and Huntingdon County. Since 1861 he lived in Altoona. In the years 1862 and 1863, he served during the Civil War almost 18 months as a soldier in the army of the Union. After that, he was employed until 1873 when the Pennsylvania Railroad. After studying law and his 1875 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Tyrone in this profession. Between 1880 and 1886 he was district attorney in Blair County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1892 Hicks was in the 20th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Scull on March 4, 1893. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1899 three legislative periods. In this time of the Spanish-American War of 1898. Fell since 1897 Hicks was chairman of the Patent Committee. In 1898 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Josiah Hicks practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1911 and 1919 he was a member of the education committee of the city Altoona. In 1921 he became head of Veteranenorgisation Grand Army of the Republic in Pennsylvania as State Commander. He died on 9 May 1923 in Altoona, where he was also buried.