Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864

LC control no.	n 87142149
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Giddings, J. R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 Giddings, Mr. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864 Pacificus, 1795-1864 Whig of Ohio, 1795-1864
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1795-10-06
Death date	1864-05-27
Place of birth	Tioga Point (Pa.)
Place of death	Montréal (Québec)
Affiliation	Free Soil Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	nuc87-116600: His Speeches in Congress [MI] 1853 (hdg. on TxCM rept.: Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864; usage: Joshua R. Giddings) His A letter from Hon. J.R. Giddings, 1844. Pacificus, the rights and privileges of the several states in regard to slavery, 1842: p. 1 (a Whig of Ohio) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Sept. 2, 2015 (GIDDINGS, Joshua Reed, a Representative from Ohio; born in Tioga Point (later Athens), Bradford County, Pa., Oct. 6, 1795; moved with his parents to Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1795; received a common-school education; again moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1806; completed preparatory studies; served in the War of 1812; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Feb. 1821 and commenced practice in Jefferson, Ohio; member of the State house of representatives in 1826; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Elisha Whittlesey; reelected to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from Dec. 3, 1838, until Mar. 22, 1842, when he resigned, after a vote of censure had been passed upon him by the House in response to his motion in defense of the slave mutineers in the Creole case; subsequently elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth through Thirtieth Congresses, as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-first through Thirty-third Congresses, elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress; and served from Dec. 5, 1842, until Mar. 3, 1859; chairman, Committee on Claims (Twenty-seventh and Thirty-fourth Congresses); declined to be a candidate for reelection; appointed consul general to the British North American Provinces by President Lincoln on Mar. 25, 1861, and served until his death; died in Montreal, Canada, May 27, 1864; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) MoSU-L/NLT files (usage: Mr. Giddings, of Ohio) Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895: From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass, accessed January 30, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Giddings, Joshua R.; US representative, abolitionist; born 06 October 1795 in Tioga Point, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States; studied law under Elisha Whittlesey, passing the bar exam (1821); elected to Congress, becoming a leading figure in regional Whig politics with agenda of opposing slavery, protecting northern rights, and federally funding internal improvements (1838); became involved in the Pearl incident, gaining reputation in Washington as a fearless advocate of slaves' rights to freedom; supported the creation of the Free-Soil Party and later, of the Republican Party (1848, 1855); died 27 May 1864 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada)