Joseph Fornance

Joseph Fornance ( born October 18, 1804 in Lower Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, † November 24, 1852 in Norristown, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Fornance attended the public schools of his home and the Old Academy in Lower Merion. After a subsequent law degree in 1832 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Norristown to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. He was Chairman of the Municipal Council of Norristown and in 1834 deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1838 Fornance in the fifth electoral district of Pennsylvania was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob Fry on March 4, 1839. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 two legislative sessions. The time from 1841 was marked by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

In 1842, Joseph Fornance renounced a new Congress candidacy. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on November 24, 1852 in Norristown.