Isaac Anderson

Isaac Anderson

Isaac Anderson (born November 23, 1760 in Chester County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  October 27, 1838 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1807 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born on the Anderson Place estate in what is now Schuylkill , Isaac Anderson took part in the Revolutionary War despite his youth . While at Valley Forge , he served General George Washington as courier for messages to the Continental Congress . By the end of the war, Anderson was a lieutenant in the Pennsylvania militia troops. After that he was justice of the peace in his homeland for a few years. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s . In 1801 he became a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives .

In the 1802 congressional election , Anderson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Joseph Hemphill on March 4, 1803 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1807 . During his tenure as Congressman in 1803, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson, the United States was significantly expanded. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

In 1806, Anderson declined to run again for Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives he ran his Anderson Place estate , where he mainly worked in agriculture. But he was also active in the sawmill business. He died there on October 27, 1838.

Web links

• Isaac Anderson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Isaac Anderson in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph Hemphill	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency) with Joseph Hiester and John Whitehill March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807	Robert Jenkins