Major John Biddle by Thomas Sully oil lithograph on canvas

Major John Biddle by Thomas Sully oil lithograph on canvas. It’s in good condition I have it wrapped in newspaper to protect it. More pictures upon request. The original is in the Metropolitan museum of art in New York City and was painted in 1818. Early life Biddle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1792, the son of Hannah Shephard and Charles Biddle, former Vice President of Pennsylvania and nephew of Commodore Nicholas Biddle. He attended the common schools before entering and graduating from Princeton College. Career At the outbreak of the War of 1812, Biddle enlisted in the U.S. Army and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Third Artillery on July 6, 1812 and promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1813. He was attached to the staff of General Winfield Scott on the Niagara Frontier for most of the war. He became captain in the Forty-second Infantry October 1, 1813, served as assistant inspector general with the rank of major from June 19, 1817 to June 1, 1821 and commanded Fort Shelby in Detroit for some time. After leaving the military, Biddle was appointed paymaster and Indian agent at Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1821 and 1822. He was register of the land at Detroit, Michigan in of Michigan Territory, 1823–1837 commissioner for determining the ancient land claims at Detroit, Mackinaw, Sault Ste. Marie, Green Bay, and Prairie du Chien. Politics and civic leadership Biddle served as mayor of Detroit in 1827 and 1828. He was elected a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829 until his resignation on February 21, 1831. He was president of the convention that framed the State constitution for Michigan in 1835, even though his Whig Party was in the minority. He ran unsuccessfully as the Whig candidate for election to the United States Senate and later for Governor of Michigan. Biddle was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives in 1841