Joseph B. Donley

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(October 10, 1838 — January 23, 1917) Joseph Benton Donley was a professor, lawyer, and politician. Donley was born in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania in 1838. He graduated from Waynesburg College and became a faculty member of Abingdon College, where he taught until 1862. Donley served in the Union Army and attained the rank of captain. After the war, he studied law and graduated from Albany Law School in 1866, and was admitted to the bar the following year. Donley was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. After serving in Congress, he continued practicing law in Pennsylvania until his death in 1917. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000412]

Member of Pennsylvania Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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