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Joshua Reed Giddings (6 de octubre de 1795 - 27 de mayo de 1864) fue un político estadounidense y un destacado opositor de la esclavitud. Representó a Ohio en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos durante 1838-59. Primero fue miembro del Partido Whig y más tarde del Partido Republicano.
Joshua Reed Giddings (October 6, 1795 – May 27, 1864) was an American attorney, politician and a prominent opponent of slavery. He represented Northeast Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1859.
12 de ene. de 2024 · Joshua Giddings was a leader in the founding of the Republican Party and an outspoken opponent of the extension of slavery during his twenty-year career as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
GIDDINGS, JOSHUA REED (6 Oct. 1795-27 May 1864) represented Cleveland for about half of his 20-year tenure as one of the most renowned antislavery leaders in the U.S. Congress. Born in Tioga Point (later Athens), Pa., he was moved in infancy by his parents, Joshua and Elizabeth Pease Giddings, to Canandaigua, N.Y.
The papers include letters from Joshua Reed Giddings to his family written from Washington, DC, (1840-1858) and from Montreal (1862-1864), his journals (1852-1860), several brief memoirs, and a biography by his daughter Lura Maria Giddings.
Joshua Reed Giddings (6 de octubre de 1795 - 27 de mayo de 1864) fue un político estadounidense y un destacado opositor de la esclavitud. Representó a Ohio en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos durante 1838-59.
Joshua Reed Giddings, 1795–1864, American abolitionist, b. Tioga Point (now Athens), Pa. A successful lawyer in Jefferson, Ohio, he represented the Western Reserve in Congress (1838–59). For his militant antislavery tactics he was censured (1842) by Congress.
