Joseph Biles Anthony (June 19, 1795 – January 10, 1851) was an American lawyer and politician from

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who served as a Democratic member of the

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for two terms, representing

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from 1833 to 1837.

Life and career

Joseph Biles Anthony was born in

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. He attended public schools and

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced law. He was a member of the

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for the 13th district from 1830 to 1833.

Congress

Anthony was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he was appointed judge of the ‘Nichelson court’, and engaged in the sale of titles to large tracts of lands in Pennsylvania. He was elected president judge of the eighth district in 1844 and served until his death in

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. He was buried in Williamsport Cemetery.

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