| Birth: | Nov. 5, 1757
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Apr. 17, 1837
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
US Senator. Following service throughout the Revolutionary War, in which he attained the rank of Major, he was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Delaware. Appointed United States Judge of the Territory South of the Ohio River in 1791, he later was a member of the first Tennessee Constitutional Convention. He was elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee and served from 1797 to 1815. He served as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury from 1815 to 1836. He was the father of United States Senator Alexander Outlaw Anderson. (bio by: Garver Graver)
Family links:
Children:
Thomas A. Anderson (1802 - 1893)*
Pierce Butler Anderson (1806 - 1861)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Joseph Anderson | | | Burial:
Congressional Cemetery
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA
Plot: Range 31, Site 44 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Garver Graver
Record added: Apr 18, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7365658 |
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