American politician

Joseph Henry Kuhns (September 1800:– November 16, 1883) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Joseph H. Kuhns born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College (later Washington & Jefferson College) in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1820. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in Greensburg.

Kuhns was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852. He resumed the practice of law in Greensburg and died there in 1883. Interment in St. Clair Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Joseph Henry Kuhns (id: K000337)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard