Joseph Biles Anthony

Joseph Biles Anthony ( born June 19, 1795 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † January 10, 1851 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Anthony attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the then rather Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1830-1833 he was a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1832, Anthony 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 Harmar Denny on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Anthony worked as a judge in his home state. Since 1844 until his death he was Chief Judge of the eighth Judicial District of Pennsylvania. He died on January 10, 1851 in Williamsport, where he was also buried.