Joseph Healy

Joseph Healy ( born August 21, 1776 in Newton, Massachusetts, † October 10, 1861 in Washington, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Healy attended primary school and was then worked in the hotel industry and in agriculture. In addition, he began a career in politics. In 1824 he was a member of the Senate of New Hampshire.

In the congressional elections of the same year, which were held all across the state, he was a candidate of the National Republican Party for the sixth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1825, the successor of William Plumer Jr.. After a re-election in 1826 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1829 two coherent legislative periods. During this period fell violent clashes between the supporters of U.S. President John Quincy Adams and the then opposition Andrew Jackson.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Healy was 1829-1832 Member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. After he retired from politics. In the following decades he went back to the hotel business and agriculture. Healy died on October 10, 1861 in Washington ( New Hampshire).