Background
Sutherland, Joel Barlow was born on February 26, 1792 in Clonmel, New Jersey, United States. Son of Daniel and Jane Sutherland.
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Sutherland, Joel Barlow was born on February 26, 1792 in Clonmel, New Jersey, United States. Son of Daniel and Jane Sutherland.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1812.
Served from assistant surgeon Junior Artillerists of Philadelphia lieutenant colonel of rifles Pennsylvania Militia during War of 1812. Member Pennsylvania Assembly (insurgent Democratic-Republican), 1813-1816. Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1819.
Member lower house Pennsylvania Legislature, 1821-1825, speaker, 1825.
Member Pennsylvania Senate, 1816-1817, 26. Member United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 20th-24th congresses, 1827-1837, Chairman of Commission on commerce, 1831-1837.
Deputy county prosecuting attorney, Philadelphia, 1830, 32, 33. Associate judge Court of Common Pleas, 1833-1834.
A founder, trustee Jefferson Medical College, later president
1st president Society of War of 1812. Author: Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberate Bodies, 1827. Congressional Manual, 1839.
Served from assistant surgeon Junior Artillerists of Philadelphia lieutenant colonel of rifles Pennsylvania Militia during War of 1812. Member Pennsylvania Assembly (insurgent Democratic-Republican), 1813-1816. Member lower house Pennsylvania Legislature, 1821-1825, speaker, 1825.
Member Pennsylvania Senate, 1816-1817, 26.
Member United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 20th-24th congresses, 1827-1837, Chairman of Commission on commerce, 1831-1837.
Married Mary Read, April.