United States Representative Directory

Joseph Hemphill

Joseph Hemphill served as a representative for Pennsylvania (1801-1831).

Jackson
Pennsylvania
District 2
Former

Pennsylvania

Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Pennsylvania

Representing constituents across the Pennsylvania delegation.

District District 2

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1801-1831

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

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.