Biography

01/07/1770 - 05/09/1842

Chester County (1797-1800), Philadelphia City (1805-1806, 1831-1832)

HEMPHILL, Joesph, a Representative from Chester County and Philadelphia City; born, January 7, 1770 in Thornburg Township, Chester County, Pa.; graduated, University of Pennsylvania, 1791; lawyer; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1797-1798, 1798-1799, 1799-1800 and 1805-1806 terms; elected, United States Congress (1801-1803, 1819-1826, 1829-1831); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1806, 1808); unsuccessful campaign, United States Senate (1808, 1809); reelected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1831-1832 term; secretary, Bank of the United States (1834-1835); died, May 9, 1842 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.