Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was an American politician from

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who served as a Democratic member of the

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for

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from 1861 to 1863 and for

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from 1863 to 1865. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1843 to 1844 and the

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from 1851 to 1853. He served as Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1854 to 1855 and as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1840 to 1841.

Early life and education

Joseph Bailey was born in

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. He attended the common schools, and worked as a

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in Parkersville, Pennsylvania.

Career

He served in the

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in 1840. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 1st district from 1843 to 1844. In 1845, he moved to

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to become a furnace owner. He was elected again to the Pennsylvania State Senate for the

and served from 1851 to 1853. He served as State Treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1854. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860. Baily was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1872. He died at Bailey Station, Pennsylvania in 1885 and is interred in Bloomfield Cemetery in

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