Josiah Duane Hicks

Josiah D. Hicks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899
Preceded by	Edward Scull
Succeeded by	Joseph Earlston Thropp
Personal details
Born	(1844-08-01)August 1, 1844 Machen, Wales
Died	May 9, 1923(1923-05-09) (aged 78) Altoona, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Private
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Josiah Duane Hicks (August 1, 1844 – May 9, 1923) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Josiah D. Hicks was born in Machen, Wales. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and in the same year moved to Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools of Blair and Huntingdon Counties. He moved to Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1861.^[1]

During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as a private in 1862 and served nearly eighteen months. He reentered civil life as a clerk on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He was elected district attorney of Blair County in 1880, and reelected in 1883.

Hicks was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents during the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898. He resumed the practice of law, and served as a member of the Altoona Board of Education from 1911 to 1919. He served as State commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1921. He died in Altoona in 1923 and is interred in Fairview Cemetery.^[2]

References

External links

• Josiah Duane Hicks at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• The Political Graveyard