Joshua Evans Jr.
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Joshua Evans Jr. (January 20, 1777 – October 2, 1846) was a Jacksonian member of the
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from
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, serving two terms from 1829 to 1833.


Family and early life

Evans was born in
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. He was a hotel keeper and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Lydia Davis 29 February 1808.


Political career


Early political activities

He served as a member of the
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in 1820. He was appointed the first
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of Paoli on December 9, 1826, and served until February 13, 1830. He was the president of the
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, school board from 1836 to 1846. He served as brigadier general of the State militia.


Congress

Evans was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in
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Later career and death

He resumed his former business pursuits and died in Paoli in 1846. Interment in the cemetery of the Great Valley Baptist Church in
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.


Sources


The Political Graveyard


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Joshua Jr. 1777 births 1846 deaths Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Jacksonians Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Pennsylvania postmasters People from Paoli, Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives