Joseph Bailey (congressman)

Joseph Bailey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Preceded by	James T. Hale
Succeeded by	Adam J. Glossbrenner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Benjamin F. Junkin
Succeeded by	Alexander H. Coffroth
Treasurer of Pennsylvania
In office 1854–1855
Preceded by	John M. Bickel
Succeeded by	Eli Slifer
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
In office 1843
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1840
Personal details
Born	April 18, 1810 Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania
Died	August 26, 1885 (aged 75)
Political party	Democratic

Joseph Bailey (March 18, 1810 – August 26, 1885) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1840. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1843. He moved to Perry County, Pennsylvania, in 1845. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1851 to 1853. He served as State Treasurer of Pennsylvania in 1854. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860.

Baily was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses. He was a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1872. He died at Bailey Station, Pennsylvania in 1885. Interment in Bloomfield Cemetery in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Joseph Bailey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard
• Joseph Bailey at Find a Grave