Joshua Hunt

Joshua Hunt

Joshua Hunt

Photo credit:

Futhey, J. Smith and Gilbert Cope.  History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1818-1819 Representative Federalist
1819-1820 Representative Federalist
1820-1821 Representative Federalist
1823-1824 Representative Federalist
1824-1825 Representative Federalist
1825-1826 Representative Federalist
Counties Chester

Biography

01/17/1785 - 03/03/1857


HUNT, Joshua, a Representative from Chester County; born, January 17, 1785 in East Caln Township, Chester County, Pa.; engaged, newspaper business; farmer; sheep breeder; elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819, 1819-1820 and 1820-1821 terms; reelected to the House for the 1823-1824, 1824-1825 and 1825-1826 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1826-1830); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1836, 1845); died, March 3, 1857 in East Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

 

PA Senate Biography

Pennsylvania Senate Historical Biography - Joshua Hunt 


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