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词条 John Galbraith (Pennsylvania politician)
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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 = {{birth date|1794|08|02}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1860|06|15|1794|08|02}}
| birth_place = Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
| death_place = Erie, Pennsylvania
| party = Jacksonian
Democratic
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John Galbraith (August 2, 1794 – June 15, 1860) was a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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. 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. 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. Interment in Erie Cemetery.

References

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  • The Political Graveyard
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