- John Tod
John Tod (1779–
March 27 ,1830 ) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .John Tod was born in
Hartford, Connecticut . He attended the common schools andYale College . He moved toBedford, Pennsylvania , in 1800, and taught school while studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Bedford. He served as a clerk to the county commissioners ofBedford County, Pennsylvania , in 1806 and 1807. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from 1810 to 1813, serving twice as speaker. He served in thePennsylvania State Senate and acted as president 1814 from 1816.Tod was elected to the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses and served until his resignation in 1824. He served as chairman of the
United States House Committee on Manufactures during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Congresses. He was presiding judge of the court of common pleas for the sixteenth judicial district 1824 from 1827, and was appointed associate judge of thePennsylvania Supreme Court in 1827. He died in Bedford in 1830. Interment in Bedford Cemetery.ources
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