Joshua Evans, Jr.

Joshua Evans, Jr. (January 20, 1777 – October 2, 1846) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joshua Evans was born in Paoli, Pennsylvania. He was a hotel keeper and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Lydia Davis 29 February 1808. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1820. He was appointed the first postmaster of Paoli on December 9, 1826, and served until February 13, 1830. He was the president of the Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, school board from 1836 to 1846. He served as brigadier general of the State militia.

Evans was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832. He resumed his former business pursuits and died in Paoli in 1846. Interment in the cemetery of the Great Valley Baptist Church in New Centerville, Pennsylvania.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James Buchanan
Samuel Anderson
Charles Miner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

1829–1833

1829–1831 alongside:
James Buchanan and George G. Leiper
1831–1833 alongside:
William Hiester and David Potts, Jr.

Succeeded by
William Hiester
Edward Darlington
David Potts, Jr.