Joseph Powell (congressman)
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Joseph Powell was a Democratic
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
.
Joseph Powell was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania
. He completed preparatory studies and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was president of the First National Bank of Towanda from 1870 to 1889.
Powell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876
.
He was appointed special deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia in 1885 and served four years. He was sheriff
of Bradford County, Pennsylvania
, from 1889 to 1893. He died in Towanda in 1904, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Joseph Powell was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania
Towanda, Pennsylvania
Towanda is a borough in and the county seat of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Wilkes Barre, on the Susquehanna River. The name means "burial ground" in the Algonquian language...
. He completed preparatory studies and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was president of the First National Bank of Towanda from 1870 to 1889.
Powell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth
44th United States Congress
The Forty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875 to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and...
Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876
United States House election, 1876
The U.S. House election, 1876 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1876 which coincided with the election of President Rutherford B. Hayes....
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He was appointed special deputy collector of the port of Philadelphia in 1885 and served four years. He was sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 62,761 people, 24,453 households, and 17,312 families residing in the county. The population density was 54 people per square mile . There were 28,664 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...
, from 1889 to 1893. He died in Towanda in 1904, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.