Josiah Duane Hicks

Josiah D. Hicks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1893  March 3, 1899
Preceded by Edward Scull
Succeeded by Joseph Earlston Thropp
Personal details
Born (1844-08-01)August 1, 1844
Machen, Wales
Died May 9, 1923(1923-05-09) (aged 78)
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Private
Battles/wars American Civil War

Josiah Duane Hicks (August 1, 1844 – May 9, 1923) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Josiah D. Hicks was born in Machen, Wales. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1847, and in the same year moved to Duncansville, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools of Blair and Huntingdon Counties. He moved to Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1861.[1]

During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the One 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 the Pennsylvania Railroad. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. He was elected district attorney of Blair County in 1880, and reelected in 1883.

Hicks was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents during the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898. 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 the Grand Army of the Republic in 1921. He died in Altoona in 1923 and is interred in Fairview Cemetery.[2]

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edward Scull
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district

18931899
Succeeded by
Joseph E. Thropp


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