Editing Richard Biddle

{{Short description|American author and politician}}
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{{Other uses|Biddle (surname)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Richard Biddle
| image name = Richard Biddle (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg
| caption = Portrait by [[Thomas Sully]], circa 1828.  Currently owned by the [[Carnegie Museum of Art]].
| birth_date = {{birth date|1796|03|25}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1847|07|06|1796|03|25}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| death_place = [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| district = [[Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district|22nd]]
| term_start = March 4, 1837
| term_end = July 21, 1840
| preceded = [[Harmar Denny]]
| succeeded = [[Henry Marie Brackenridge]]
| party = [[Anti-Masonic Party|Anti-Masonic]]
| parents = [[Charles Biddle|Charles]] and Hannah Biddle
| relatives = ''See'' [[Biddle family]]
}}

'''Richard Biddle''' (March 25, 1796 – July 6, 1847) was an American author, politician and lawyer. He served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1837 until 1840.

== Biography ==
Biddle was born on March 25, 1796, in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was the brother of financier [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]], nephew of Congressman [[Edward Biddle]] and uncle of Congressman [[Charles John Biddle]]. He received a classical education, graduated from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1811,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000443|title=BIDDLE, Richard (1796-1847)|website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]}}</ref> and was admitted to the bar, practicing law in [[Pittsburgh]].

He went to [[England]] in 1827, and remained three years, publishing while there a critical ''Review of Captain Basil Hall's Travels in North America.'' He also published ''A Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Review of the History of Maritime Discovery'' (London, 1831).

Biddle was twice elected to Congress, as an [[Anti-Masonic Party (United States)|Anti-Mason]], serving from March 4, 1837, until his resignation on July 21, 1840.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026897/1840-06-04/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_681x647_from_1895%2C6950_to_2983%2C7985/ Edgefield Advertiser, June 04, 1840]</ref>

Biddle died on July 6, 1847, in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]].

==References==
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==Bibliography==

*{{cite book|author=Keller, William F.|title=The Nation's Advocate: Henry Marie Brackenridge and Young America|location=Pittsburgh|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh Press]]|year=1956}}

==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|12760520}}
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/biddle.html The Political Graveyard]

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| district=22
| before=[[Harmar Denny]]
| years=1837–1840
| after=[[Henry Marie Brackenridge]]
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