Joshua Evans Jr.

For other people named Joshua Evans, see Joshua Evans (disambiguation).

Joshua Evans Jr. (January 20, 1777 – October 2, 1846) was a Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving two terms from 1829 to 1833.

Family and early life

Evans was born in Paoli, Pennsylvania. He was a hotel keeper and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Lydia Davis 29 February 1808.

Political career

He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1820. He was appointed the first postmaster of Paoli on December 9, 1826, and served until February 13, 1830.

He was the president of the Tredyffrin Township, Pennsylvania, school board from 1836 to 1846. He served as brigadier general of the State militia.

Congress

Evans was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832.

Later career and death

He resumed his former business pursuits and died in Paoli in 1846. Interment in the cemetery of the Great Valley Baptist Church in New Centerville, Pennsylvania.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Joshua Evans Jr. (id: E000248)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
1829–1833

1829–1831 alongside:
James Buchanan and George G. Leiper
1831–1833 alongside:
William Hiester and David Potts Jr.

Succeeded by