John Tod | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district | |
In office 1821–1823 | |
Preceded by | Robert Philson |
Succeeded by | Samuel D. Ingham, Thomas Jones Rogers |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district | |
In office 1823–1824 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Stewart |
Succeeded by | Alexander Thomson |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 14th district | |
In office 1815–1818 | |
Preceded by | district created |
Succeeded by | William Piper |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1810–1813 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1779 Suffield, Connecticut, US |
Died | March 27, 1830 Bedford, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 50–51)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
John Tod (1779 – March 27, 1830) was an American judge and politician who served as a Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1821 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district from 1823 to 1824. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 14th district from 1815 to 1818 including as Speaker from 1815 to 1816 and as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1810 to 1813 including two terms as Speaker.
He served as presiding judge of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas for the 16th district from 1824 to 1827 and as an associate judge of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1827 until his death in 1830.