Joel Barlow Sutherland (February 26, 1792 – November 15, 1861) was an American politician who served as the first president of the

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from 1854 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented

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in the

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(1827–1837).

Early life and career

Joel Barlow Sutherland was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1812. He served in the

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as assistant surgeon to the "Junior Artillerists of Philadelphia," transferred to the line, and was appointed in 1814 lieutenant colonel of

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in the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1813 to 1816. He was a founder of

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at Philadelphia. He served in the

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for the 2nd district from 1816 and 1817. He later abandoned medicine for the practice of law. Sutherland was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the

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during the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection in

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to the Twenty-fifth Congress and for election in

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to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He served as associate judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia in 1833 and 1834. He was one of the originators of the

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in South Philadelphia.

Death

Sutherland died on November 15, 1861, at the age of 69. His grave is in the churchyard of

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, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Early life and career

Death

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