Joel B. Sutherland

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Joel B. Sutherland
Joel B. Sutherland.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Pennsylvania's 1st district
In office
October 8, 1833 March 3, 1837
Political party Whig
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (before 1836)
Spouse
Mary Reade
(m. 1812)
Children8, including Thomas W. Sutherland
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Branch Pennsylvania Militia
Years of service18121814
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Commands1st Regiment of Riflemen
Wars War of 1812

Joel Barlow Sutherland (February 26, 1792 – November 15, 1861) was an American politician who served as the first president of the General Society of the War of 1812 from 1854 to 1861. He was a member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives (1827–1837). [1]

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Early life and career

Joel Barlow Sutherland was born in Gloucester County, New Jersey. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1812. He served in the War of 1812 as assistant surgeon to the "Junior Artillerists of Philadelphia," transferred to the line, and was appointed in 1814 lieutenant colonel of rifles in the State militia. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1813 to 1816. He was a founder of Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 2nd district from 1816 and 1817. [2] He later abandoned medicine for the practice of law. [3]

Sutherland was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and to the four succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Commerce during the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress and for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He served as associate judge of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia in 1833 and 1834. [3]

He was one of the originators of the Lafayette Cemetery in South Philadelphia. [4]

Death

Sutherland died on November 15, 1861, at the age of 69. His grave is in the churchyard of Old Pine Street Church, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3]

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References

  1. "Our History". General Society of the War of 1812 . September 4, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  2. "Joel Barlow Sutherland". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 United States Congress. "Joel Barlow Sutherland (id: S001083)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. An Historical Catalogue of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: The St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia. 1907. pp. 336–337. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district

March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1841
(Vacant February 1833 – October 8, 1833)
Succeeded by