Josiah D. Hicks | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's20th district | |
| In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Scull |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Earlston Thropp |
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| Born | (1844-08-01)August 1, 1844 |
| Died | May 9, 1923(1923-05-09) (aged 78) Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | Private |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Josiah Duane Hicks (August 1, 1844 – May 9, 1923) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Josiah D. Hicks was born inMachen,Monmouthshire,Wales. He immigrated to theUnited States with his parents, who settled inChester County, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and in the same year moved toDuncansville, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools ofBlair andHuntingdon Counties. He moved toAltoona, Pennsylvania, in 1861.[1]
During theAmerican Civil War, he enlisted in theOne Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, as a private in 1862 and served nearly eighteen months. He reentered civil life as a clerk on thePennsylvania Railroad. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice inTyrone, Pennsylvania. He was elected district attorney of Blair County in 1880, and reelected in 1883.
He married Josephine Barrick, a native of Frederick county, MD. She descended from the Harbaugh family. The history of the family is almost coextensive with the history of the country. The Harbaughs settled in Maryland in colonial times.[2]
Hicks was elected as a Republican to theFifty-third,Fifty-fourth, andFifty-fifth Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Patents during the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1898. He resumed the practice of law, and served as a member of the Altoona Board of Education from 1911 to 1919. He served as State commander of theGrand Army of the Republic in 1921. He died in Altoona in 1923 and is interred in Fairview Cemetery.[3]
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