Joseph Egbert
{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name = Joseph Egbert
| district = 2nd
| term_start = March 4, 1841
| term_end = March 3, 1843
| preceded = James De La Montanya
| succeeded = Henry C. Murphy
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1807|04|10}}
| birth_place = Staten Island, New York City, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1888|07|7|1807|04|10}}
| death_place = New Dorp, New York City, U.S.
| restingplace =
| party = Democratic
}}
Joseph Egbert (April 10, 1807 – July 7, 1888) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1841 to 1843.
Biography
Born near Bull Head, Staten Island, New York, Egbert attended the common schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
= Congress =
Egbert was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.
= Later career and death =
He resumed agricultural pursuits.
Supervisor of Southfield, Richmond County, in 1855 and 1856.
County clerk of Richmond County in 1869.
He died at his home near New Dorp, New York, July 7, 1888.
He was interred in the Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.
References
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| before= James De La Montanya
| after= Henry C. Murphy
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Category:Burials at Moravian Cemetery
Category:People from New Dorp, Staten Island
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives