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Joshua Reed Giddings

Held 2 offices on file, 1837-1859.

About Joshua Reed Giddings

Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).

Joshua Reed Giddings (1795-1864) was born in Athens, Pennsylvania, and is on record as a United States representative (1837-1859) and an Ohio state representative.

Joshua Reed Giddings's occupation on record: abolitionist. Joshua Reed Giddings died in Montreal, Canada in 1864, aged 68, and is buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Ohio.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

YearsOfficePartyNotesSource
1837 to 1843 United States representative, district 16 Whig 3 terms. bioguide.congress.gov
1843 to 1849 United States representative, district 20 Whig 3 terms. bioguide.congress.gov
1849 to 1855 United States representative, district 20 Free Soil 3 terms. bioguide.congress.gov
1855 to 1857 United States representative, district 20 Ind. Republican-Democrat bioguide.congress.gov
1857 to 1859 United States representative, district 20 Republican bioguide.congress.gov
dates not on file Ohio state representative wikidata.org

Parties on record

  • Democratic-Republican Party
  • Republican
  • Whig Party

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