13 Facts About Joseph Anderson

Joseph Inslee Anderson was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1797 to 1815, and later as the First Comptroller of the United States Treasury.

Joseph Anderson served as one of three judges of the Southwest Territory in the 1790s, and was a delegate to the Tennessee state constitutional convention in 1796.

From January to December 1805, Joseph Anderson served as President pro tempore of the United States.

Joseph Anderson was born at White Marsh, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Joseph Anderson and Elizabeth Inslee.

Joseph Anderson fought at the Battle of Monmouth, and was with the army during its difficult 1777 wintering at Valley Forge.

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Joseph Anderson was a member of Military Lodge No 19 of Pennsylvania and became a member of Lodge No 36 while in the New Jersey Brigade.

In 1791, President George Washington appointed Joseph Anderson United States judge of the newly formed Southwest Territory.

In 1792, Joseph Anderson married Only Patience Outlaw, the daughter of Tennessee pioneer Alexander Outlaw.

Joseph Anderson swore in the new state's first legislature later that year.

In 1797, Joseph Anderson was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to fill the vacancy in the Senate created by that body's expulsion of the seat's original occupant, William Blount.

Joseph Anderson was re-elected to this seat in 1803, and again in 1809.

Joseph Anderson voted against a Senate proposal to have Blount arrested in 1797.

Joseph Anderson opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts, federal intervention into the issue of slavery, and the rechartering of the national bank.