John Galbraith (Pennsylvania politician)

John Galbraith (August 2, 1794 – June 15, 1860) was a three term Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, serving from 1833 to 1837, and again from 1839 to 1841.

He attended the common schools and served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade.

He taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Butler, Pennsylvania.

He again engaged in the practice of law, and was elected president judge of the sixth judicial district in 1851 and served until his death in Erie in 1860.

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