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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaANTHONY, Joseph Biles
(1795—1851)
ANTHONY, Joseph Biles, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1795; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State senate 1830-1833; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837); appointed judge of the ‘Nichelson court’; engaged in the sale of titles to large tracts of lands in Pennsylvania; was elected president judge of the eighth district in 1844 and served until his death in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pa., January 10, 1851; interment in Williamsport Cemetery.
Anthony, Joseph Biles. Report on Liens of the Commonwealth Upon the Lands of John Nicholson and Peter Baynton, Made to the Governor
. Harrisburg: Boas and Coplan, printers, 1839.
———. Speech of Hon. J. B. Anthony, of Pennsylvania, on the Memorial of the Citizens of Lycoming County, Pa., Against the Restoration of the Public Deposites [sic] and Recharter of the Bank of the United States
. [Washington: N.p., 1834].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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