John Galbraith (Pennsylvania politician) explained

John Galbraith
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State:Pennsylvania
District:25th
Term Start:March 4, 1839
Term End:March 3, 1841
Preceded:Arnold Plumer
Succeeded:Arnold Plumer
Term Start2:March 4, 1833
Term End2:March 3, 1837
Preceded2:District created
Succeeded2:Arnold Plumer
Office3:Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Venango and Warren Counties
Succeeded3:James Thompson
Term3:1829-1832
Birth Date:2 August 1794
Birth Place:Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Erie, Pennsylvania
Party:Jacksonian
Democratic
Restingplace:Erie Cemetery

John Galbraith (August 2, 1794 – June 15, 1860) was a three term Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841.

Early life and career

John Galbraith was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents in 1796 to Allegheny Township, in Huntingdon County, and subsequently, in 1802, to Centre Township, in Butler County. He attended the common schools and served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade.

He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Butler, Pennsylvania. He moved to Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1822 and continued the practice of his profession.

Political career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1829 to 1832.

Galbraith was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1836.

He moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1837, and resumed the practice of law. He was again elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840.

Later career and death

He again engaged in the practice of law, and was elected president judge of the sixth judicial district in 1851 and served until his death in Erie in 1860.

He is buried in Erie Cemetery.

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