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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaCharles John BIDDLE
(1819-1873)
BIDDLE, Charles John,
(nephew of Richard Biddle), a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 30, 1819; was graduated from
Princeton College in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Philadelphia in 1840; served in the Mexican
War and was brevetted major for meritorious services; resumed the
practice of law in Philadelphia; entered the Union Army in 1861 as
colonel of a regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of E. Joy Morris and served from July 2,
1861, to March 3, 1863; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; chairman of the Democratic
State central committee in 1863; one of the proprietors and editor
in chief of the Philadelphia Age until his death in Philadelphia
September 28, 1873; interment in Old St. Peter’s Church
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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