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Joseph Henry Kuhns

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Joseph H. Kuhns
Joseph Henry Kuhns. Image is in the public domain within the United States.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 19th district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byJob Mann
Succeeded byAugustus Drum
Personal details
BornSeptember 1800 (1800-09)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 16, 1883(1883-11-16) (aged 83)
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Political partyWhig
Alma materWashington College

Joseph Henry Kuhns (September 1800 – November 16, 1883) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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Joseph H. Kuhns born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College (later Washington & Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in Greensburg.

Kuhns was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852. He resumed the practice of law in Greensburg and died there in 1883. Interment in St. Clair Cemetery.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Joseph Henry Kuhns (id: K000337)". 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 19th congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by