Biography

03/31/1837 - 11/09/1912

HACKETT, Joseph Marion, a Representative from Northampton County; born, March 31, 1837 in Queen Anne’s County, Md.; engaged, mercantile business; elected, council president, Easton, Pa. (1877-1878); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1878 and 1880; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1882); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Treasurer (1881, 1883); elected, board of trustees secretary, treasurer and president, State Hospital at Norristown; director, Easton National Bank; president, St. Lawrence Heat and Power Company; president, Hackett Clothing Company; died, November 9, 1912 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.