Joseph Bailey (congressman)

Joseph Bailey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1863  March 3, 1865
Preceded by James T. Hale
Succeeded by Adam J. Glossbrenner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1861  March 3, 1863
Preceded by Benjamin F. Junkin
Succeeded by Alexander H. Coffroth
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
In office
1854–1855
Preceded by John M. Bickel
Succeeded by Eli Slifer
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office
1843
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1840
Personal details
Born (1810-04-18)April 18, 1810
Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania
Died August 26, 1885(1885-08-26) (aged 75)
Political party Democratic

Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1840. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1843. He moved to Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1845. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1851 to 1853. He served as State Treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1854. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860.

Baily was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1872. He died at Bailey Station, Pennsylvania in 1885. Interment in Bloomfield Cemetery in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Benjamin F. Junkin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1861–1863
Succeeded by
Alexander H. Coffroth
Preceded by
James T. Hale
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district

1863–1865
Succeeded by
Adam J. Glossbrenner
Political offices
Preceded by
John M. Bickel
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
1854–1855
Succeeded by
Eli Slifer


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