Joshua Seney

Joshua Seney

Joshua Seney (born March 4, 1756 in Church Hill , Queen Anne's County , Province of Maryland , †  October 20, 1798 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1792 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joshua Seney attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1773 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . After studying law and becoming a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. While his father served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of Independence , he ran the family farm. In 1779 he was named chief of police in Queen Anne's County. In the 1780s, Seney also embarked on a political career. He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1795 to 1787 ; in 1788 he was called to the Continental Congress . Politically, he was in opposition to the first federal government formed by President George Washington ( anti-administration faction ).

In the congressional elections of 1789 , Seney was elected in the second constituency of Maryland to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in New York , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. After a re-election he could remain in Congress until his resignation on December 6, 1792 . Because of his demisson was his appointment as presiding judge in the third judicial district of Maryland. Seney served as judge between 1792 and 1796. In 1798 he successfully competed for his return to Congress. However, he died on October 20 of this year and was therefore unable to take up his mandate on March 4, 1799.

Web links

• Joshua Seney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joshua Seney in the database of Find a Grave (English)