Joshua Van Sant

Joshua Van Sant ( born December 31, 1803 in Millington, Kent County, Maryland, † April 8, 1884 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his youth drew Joshua Van Sant in 1807 with his parents to Wilmington in Delaware. 1812 could be the family settled in Philadelphia, where the boy attended the public schools. In 1817 he came to Baltimore, where he worked as a Hatter. After that, he was a journeyman until 1835. Politically, Van Sant joined the Democratic Party of President Andrew Jackson. In 1836 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Maryland. From 1839 to 1841 he was postmaster in Baltimore; in 1845 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Maryland. From 1846 to 1855 Van Sant served as city treasurer in Baltimore before he was 1847-1853 and again in 1861, also curator of the county poorhouse. In the years 1852-1854 he eventually worked as a school inspector.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Van Sant was in the third electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Hammond on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1856, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

In the presidential election of 1860 he was an elector for John C. Breckinridge. In 1867 Van Sant took again as a delegate part in a Constitutional Convention for Maryland. Between 1867 and 1869 he headed the prison of his state. As a result, Van Sant was curator of various organizations. From 1871 to 1875 he served as mayor of Baltimore. After that, he was from 1876 to 1884 auditor ( Comptroller ) of this city. He died on April 8, 1884 in Baltimore.