John's death

John's death

John Tod (born 1779 in Hartford , Connecticut , †  March 27, 1830 in Bedford , Pennsylvania ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Tod attended public schools in his home country and then graduated from Yale College . In 1800 he moved to Bedford, Pennsylvania, where he taught as a teacher. After studying law at the same time and being admitted to the bar in 1803, he began to work in this profession in Bedford. In 1806 and 1807 he was employed by the County Council in Bedford County . Politically, Tod joined the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1810 and 1813 he was a member and intermittent president of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . From 1814 to 1816, Tod was a member of the State Senate . Here, too, he was President.

In the congressional election of 1820 , death in the eighth constituency of Pennsylvania was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Robert Philson on March 4, 1821 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation in 1824 . Since 1823 he represented the 13th district of his state there. While serving as a congressman, he chaired the crafts committee.

Between 1824 and 1827, John Tod was the presiding judge on the Court of Appeal in his state's 16th District. In 1827 he became an associate judge on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania . He died on March 27, 1830 in Bedford, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John's death in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robert Philson	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823	Thomas Jones Rogers
Andrew Stewart	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (13th constituency) March 4, 1823–1824	Alexander Thomson