Richard Biddle
Richard Biddle | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district | |
In office March 4, 1837 – July 21, 1840 | |
Preceded by | Harmar Denny |
Succeeded by | Henry Marie Brackenridge |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | March 25, 1796
Died | July 6, 1847 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | (aged 51)
Political party | Anti-Masonic |
Richard Biddle (March 25, 1796 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – July 6, 1847 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American author and politician.
Richard Biddle received a classical education, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811,[1] and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in Pittsburgh. He went to England in 1827, and remained three years, publishing while there a critical Review of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in North America. He also published A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery (London, 1831).
Biddle was twice elected to Congress, as an Anti-Mason, serving from March 4, 1837, until his resignation on July 21, 1840.[2]
Richard Biddle was the brother of American financier Nicholas Biddle, nephew of Congressman Edward Biddle and uncle of Congressman Charles John Biddle.
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Bibliography[]
- Keller, William F. (1956). The Nation's Advocate: Henry Marie Brackenridge and Young America. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
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- 19th-century American politicians
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- Burials at Allegheny Cemetery
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom