Joseph Hemphill

Joseph Hemphill
Etching of Joseph Hemphill by Max Rosenthal
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Preceded byRichard Thomas
Succeeded byIsaac Anderson, Joseph Hiester, and John Whitehill
Constituency3rd district
In office
March 4, 1819 – 1826
Preceded byWilliam Anderson, Joseph Hopkinson, John Sergeant, and Adam Seybert
Succeeded byThomas Kittera
Constituency1st district (1819–1823)
2nd district (1823–1826)
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byJoel Barlow Sutherland
Succeeded byJohn G. Watmough
Constituency3rd district
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1797-1800
1805
1831-1832
Personal details
Born(1770-01-07)January 7, 1770
Thornbury Township, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedMay 29, 1842(1842-05-29) (aged 72)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeLaurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
Jacksonian Federalist
Jacksonian
Spouse
Margaret Coleman
(m. 1806)
RelativesAlexander Hemphill

Joseph Hemphill (January 7, 1770 – May 29, 1842) was an American politician who served as a Federalist member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1801 to 1803, as a Jackson Federalist representative for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1819 to 1823 and as a Jacksonian representative for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1829 to 1831.

He also served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1797 to 1800, in 1805 and from 1831 to 1832.