Joseph Anderson

Joseph Anderson
19th President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office January 15, 1805 – December 1, 1805
Preceded by	Jesse Franklin
Succeeded by	Samuel Smith
United States Senator from Tennessee
In office March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1815
Preceded by	Daniel Smith
Succeeded by	George W. Campbell
In office July 8, 1797 – March 4, 1799
Preceded by	William Blount
Succeeded by	William Cocke
Personal details
Born	Joseph Inslee Anderson (1757-11-05)November 5, 1757 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	April 17, 1837(1837-04-17) (aged 79) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s)	Patience Outlaw[1]
Children	William, :84–5[2]
Residence	Soldier's Rest Hamblen County, Tennessee
Profession	Attorney
Religion	Presbyterianism[3]

Joseph Inslee Anderson (November 5, 1757 – April 17, 1837) was an American soldier, judge, and politician, who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1799 to 1815, and later as the first Comptroller of the United States Treasury.^[3] He also 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.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Anderson was born at White Marsh, near

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• Joseph Anderson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Anderson's grave.

Legacy

After retiring from the Senate, Anderson was appointed Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury by President James Madison, and served in that office from 1815 until 1836.^[1] He died in Washington on April 17, 1837, and was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.^[1]

Later life

Anderson voted against a Senate proposal to have Blount arrested in 1797. He opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts, federal intervention into the issue of slavery, and the rechartering of the national bank.^[3] He voted in favor of the War of 1812.^[5] In the Eighth Congress (1803–1804), he served as the Senate's president pro tempore.^[3]

In 1797, 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.^[1] That term was scheduled to expire on March 4, 1799; however, on December 12, 1798, the Tennessee General Assembly elected Anderson to the state's other (Class 1) Senate seat, which had been vacated by Andrew Jackson, and was temporarily held by Daniel Smith.^[5] Anderson was reelected to this seat in 1803, and again in 1809. In the latter election, he defeated retiring governor John Sevier by a vote of 23 to 16.^[2]:92

United States Senate

In 1796, Anderson and his father-in-law represented Jefferson County at Tennessee's constitutional convention in Knoxville.^[2]:87 Resolutions introduced by Anderson and Outlaw included a motion to sever ties with the United States if Tennessee's petition for statehood was rejected, a motion to implement viva voce voting instead of balloting, and a motion to establish a unicameral legislature, all of which were rejected.^[2]:87 Anderson swore in the new state's first legislature later that year.^[2]:87

In 1792, Anderson married Patience Outlaw, the daughter of Tennessee pioneer Alexander Outlaw.^[1] His wife's dowry included land along the Nolichucky River in what is now Hamblen County (but then part of Jefferson), where the Andersons built their home, Soldier's Rest.^[1][6]

In 1791, President judge of the newly formed Southwest Territory. He served alongside David Campbell and John McNairy.^[5] No records of any of the trials presided over by Anderson survive, with the exception of a 1794 murder trial.^[2]:85 This trial, conducted at the Tellico Blockhouse, concerned an Indian charged with killing settler Joseph Ish.^[2]:85

Early Tennessee politics

Anderson was a Freemason. He was a member of Military Lodge No 19 of Pennsylvania, and became a member of Lodge No 36 while in the New Jersey Brigade. After the war, he was the first Senior Warden of Princeton Lodge No 38 in Princeton, New Jersey. ^[4]

At the end of the war, Anderson was discharged with the rank of major.^[1] Having studied law prior to the war, he was admitted to the Delaware bar, and practiced law in Delaware from 1784 to 1791.^[1]

^[3].Battle of Yorktown In 1781, he transferred to the 1st New Jersey Regiment, and fought with this unit at the [3]