US Congressman. Born in Middlesex, Pennsylvania, he learned the printer’s trade, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced to practice law in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of representatives, (1832-34, 1855), delegate to the Pennsylvania State constitutional convention in 1838 and presiding judge of sixth judicial district court, (1838-44). In 1845, he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, serving until 1851. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law, was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, (1857-66) and served as chief justice of that court, (1866-72). He died at age 68 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
US Congressman. Born in Middlesex, Pennsylvania, he learned the printer’s trade, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829 and commenced to practice law in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of representatives, (1832-34, 1855), delegate to the Pennsylvania State constitutional convention in 1838 and presiding judge of sixth judicial district court, (1838-44). In 1845, he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, serving until 1851. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law, was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, (1857-66) and served as chief justice of that court, (1866-72). He died at age 68 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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