Joseph H. Anderson

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Joseph Halstead Anderson (August 25, 1800 - June 23, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in the town of Harrison, near White Plains, New York, Anderson attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State assembly in 1833 and 1834. Sheriff of Westchester County 1835-1838.

Anderson was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-ninth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. He resumed farming pursuits. He died in White Plains, New York, June 23, 1870. He was interred in a private burying ground at "Anderson Hill," near White Plains, New York.

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• Joseph H. Anderson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Joseph H. Anderson at Find-A-Grave