Joseph Gales Jr. (June 15, 1786 – July 21, 1860) was an American journalist and the ninth mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1827 to 1830.
Joseph Gales, journalist and reformer, was born in Eckington, England, the eldest son of Thomas Gales, a local artisan and schoolmaster.
Joseph Gales Jr. was an American journalist and the ninth mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1827 to 1830. He was the only Mayor born outside the United States or the American colonies. Wikipedia
Born: 1786, Eckington, United Kingdom
Died: June 21, 1860 (age 74 years), Washington, D.C.
Parents: Joseph Gales, Sr.
Previous office: Mayor of the City of Washington (1827–1830)
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Joseph Gales (4 February 1761 – 21 July 1841) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher and political figure. He was the father of the younger Joseph ...
Joseph Gales ; Artist/Maker, George Peter Alexander Healy ( 1813 - 1894 ) ; Date, 1844 ca. ; Medium, Oil on canvas ; Dimensions, h. 35.63 x w. 28.75 in. (h. 90.5 x ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Joseph Gales (1761-1841) fled his native England in 1794 to avoid political persecution for his published writings. He and his young family (his ...
Other Title. Joseph Gales, Jr., editor and mayor ; Names. Clark, Allen C. (Allen Culling), 1858-1943 ; Created / Published. [Washington, 1920] ; Headings. - Gales, ...
Joseph Gales wrote articles in the Sheffield Register attacking the arrest of reformers. He also mounted a campaign against the suspension of habeas corpus.
time in Washington, D.C., on numerous portrait commissions. A related historical painting by Healy, Webster's Reply to Hayne, was originally commissioned by ...
Joseph Gales hired himself to Dunlap and Claypool as a journeyman printer and took down debates in Congress in shorthand until his printing supplies arrived ...
'England's loss was the United States' gain', writes William Noblett, when the fiery eighteenth century radical Joseph Gales established a prosperous foothold ...