Joseph Anderson
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office January 15, 1805 – December 1, 1805 |
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| Preceded by | Jesse Franklin |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Smith |
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United States Senator from Tennessee |
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In office March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1815 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Smith |
| Succeeded by | George W. Campbell |
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In office September 26, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
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| Preceded by | William Blount |
| Succeeded by | William Cocke |
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Joseph Inslee Anderson November 5, 1757 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 17, 1837 (aged 79) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place |
Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Patience Outlaw |
| Children | William, Alexander, Pierce, Thomas, Addison, George, James |
| Residence | Soldier's Rest Hamblen County, Tennessee |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
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. 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.
Anderson was born at White Marsh, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Anderson and Elizabeth Inslee. In 1776, following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he enlisted in the 3rd New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Army, and rose to the rank of captain and paymaster in less than two years. Anderson fought at the Battle of Monmouth, and was with the army during its difficult 1777 wintering at Valley Forge. In 1781, he transferred to the 1st New Jersey Regiment, and fought with this unit at the Battle of Yorktown.
At the end of the war, Anderson was discharged with the rank of major. Having studied law prior to the war, he was admitted to the Delaware bar, and practiced law in Delaware from 1784 to 1791.
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.
In 1791, President George Washington appointed Anderson United States judge of the newly formed Southwest Territory. He served alongside David Campbell and John McNairy. No records of any of the trials presided over by Anderson survive, with the exception of a 1794 murder trial. This trial, conducted at the Tellico Blockhouse, concerned an Indian charged with killing settler Joseph Ish.
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