John Galbraith

John Galbraith

John Galbraith

Photo credit:

John Galbraith, 00.222 (accession number), Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1828-1829 Representative Democrat
1829-1830 Representative Democrat
1830-1831 Representative Democrat
1831-1832 Representative Democrat
Counties Crawford, Venango, Warren

Biography

08/02/1794 - 06/15/1860


Crawford and Venango County (1828-1829), Venango and Warren Counties (1829-1832)

GALBRAITH, John, a Representative from Crawford, Venango and Warren Counties; born, August 2, 1794 in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pa.; printer’s apprenticeship; school teacher; attorney (1817-1851); auditor, French Creek Township, Venango County (1821); publisher, The Democrat (1828-1836); elected, council, Franklin (1828, 1829); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1828-1829, 1829-1830, 1830-1831 and 1831-1832 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1832); elected, United States Congress (1833-1837, 1839-1841); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to Congress (1836); engaged, Erie Ohio Railroad Company; elected, president judge of the sixth judicial district (1851-1860); died, June 15, 1860 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Congressional Biography

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