Joseph Fornance

Joseph Fornance was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Democratic [Party (United States)|Democratic] member of the U.S. [House of Representatives] from Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1843.

Biography

Joseph Fornance born in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832, and commenced practice in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He served as president of the council of the Borough of Norristown. He was a member of the Pennsylvania [House of Representatives] in 1834.

Congress

Fornance was elected as a Democrat to the 26th [United States Congress|Twenty-sixth] and Twenty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in United States House [elections, 1842|1842].

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of his profession, and died in Norristown in 1852. He was interred in Montgomery Cemetery, in West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania, near Norristown.

Legacy

Fornance nominated future Civil War Major General and Democratic presidential candidate Winfield Scott Hancock for the United States Military Academy at West Point.