Joseph Franklin Biddle

Joseph Franklin Biddle (born September 14, 1871 in Bedford , Bedford County , Pennsylvania , †  December 3, 1936 in Huntingdon , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . In 1932 and 1933 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Biddle attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1894 the Millersville State Teachers' College . After a subsequent law degree at Dickinson College in Carlisle and his admission to the bar in 1897, he began to work in Bedford in this profession. In 1903 he moved his residence and law firm to Everett . There he also worked in the newspaper business. From 1918 he lived in Huntingdon, where he worked in the newspaper and banking industries. Between 1924 and 1936 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association. From 1926 to 1936 he served as a director of the National Editorial Association . Politically, Biddle joined the Republican Party . Between 1932 and 1936 he sat on the state executive committee of his party.

After the death of MP Edward M. Beers , Biddle was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for election to the 18th seat of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on November 8, 1932. Since he was no longer running in the regular congressional elections in 1932 , he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1933 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Biddle worked again in the newspaper industry. He died in Huntingdon on December 3, 1936.

Web links

• Joseph Franklin Biddle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Franklin Biddle in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Edward M. Beers	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (18th constituency) November 8, 1932 - March 3, 1933	Benjamin K. Focht