Joel Keith Mann (August 1, 1780 – August 28, 1857) was an American politician from
Pennsylvania
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who served as a
Jacksonian member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from 1831 to 1835.
Early life
Mann was born in
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania
Cheltenham Township is a home rule township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. Cheltenham's population density ranges from over 10,000 per square mile (25,900 per square kilometer) in rowhouses and high-rise apartments along Chel ...
to Samuel M. and Margaret Keith Mann. He was educated in the common schools and worked as a farmer.
Career
He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1817 to 1820. He served in the
Pennsylvania State Senate for the
3rd district from 1824 to 1829.
Mann was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the
United States House Committee on Accounts The United States House Committee on Accounts was a standing committee of the
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during the Twenty-third Congress. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died in
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Jenkintown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Center City Philadelphia.
History
The community was named for William Jenkins, a Welsh pioneer settler.
Jenkintown is located just ...
. Interment in the Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery in
Abington, Pennsylvania.
Notes
Sources
The Political Graveyard
Pennsylvania state senators
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1780 births
1857 deaths
People from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
People from Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
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