Richard Biddle
{{Short description|American author and politician}}
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{{Other uses|Biddle (surname)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Richard Biddle
| image name = Richard Biddle (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg
| caption = Portrait by Thomas Sully, circa 1828. Currently owned by the Carnegie Museum of Art.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1796|03|25}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1847|07|06|1796|03|25}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| state = Pennsylvania
| district = 22nd
| term_start = March 4, 1837
| term_end = July 21, 1840
| preceded = Harmar Denny
| succeeded = Henry Marie Brackenridge
| party = Anti-Masonic
| parents = Charles and Hannah Biddle
| relatives = See Biddle family
}}
Richard Biddle (March 25, 1796 – July 6, 1847) was an American author, politician and lawyer. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1837 until 1840.
Biography
Biddle was born on March 25, 1796, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the brother of financier Nicholas Biddle, nephew of Congressman Edward Biddle and uncle of Congressman Charles John Biddle. He received a classical education, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811,{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000443|title=BIDDLE, Richard (1796-1847)|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}} and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in Pittsburgh.
He went to England in 1827, and remained three years, publishing while there a critical Review of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in North America. He also published A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery (London, 1831).
Biddle was twice elected to Congress, as an Anti-Mason, serving from March 4, 1837, until his resignation on July 21, 1840.[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026897/1840-06-04/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_681x647_from_1895%2C6950_to_2983%2C7985/ Edgefield Advertiser, June 04, 1840]
Biddle died on July 6, 1847, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book|author=Keller, William F.|title=The Nation's Advocate: Henry Marie Brackenridge and Young America|location=Pittsburgh|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|year=1956}}
External links
- {{Find a Grave|12760520}}
- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html The Political Graveyard]
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Category:Politicians from Philadelphia
Category:Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:Burials at Allegheny Cemetery
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives