Joseph Powell (June 23, 1828 – April 24, 1904) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Joseph Powell was born in
Towanda, Pennsylvania
Towanda is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in, and the county seat of, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and is located northwest of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylv ...
. He completed preparatory studies and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was president of the First National Bank of Towanda from 1870 to 1889.
Powell was elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1876
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January
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** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
*January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.
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He was appointed special deputy collector of the port of
Philadelphia
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in 1885 and served four years. He was
sheriff
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of
Bradford County, Pennsylvania
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, from 1889 to 1893. He died in Towanda in 1904, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1828 births
1904 deaths
People from Towanda, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania sheriffs
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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