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Job Roberts Tyson
Job Roberts Tyson (February 8, 1803 – June 27, 1858) was an American politician who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1855 to 1857.
Tyson was born on February 8, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Tyson and Ann Van Tromp. He was descended from a Quaker family that settled in the Pennsylvania colony in 1683.
He worked as a clerk in a store and attended the common schools. At the age of 17, he worked as a teacher in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and taught English to German speaking students of the area. In doing so, he also learned to speak German himself.
After returning to Philadelphia, Roberts Vaux, an early founder of the public school system, helped him obtain work as a teacher in the first public school in Philadelphia. He also devoted himself to study and learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. After two years, he was appointed as the Director of Public Schools in Philadelphia. He worked in the prison system, for the apprentice's library and helped organize the temperance movement in Pennsylvania.
In 1825, he began the study of law under John Wurts. He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and practiced law in Philadelphia. In 1851, he received a LL.D. degree from Dickinson College.
Tyson often wrote and spoke about history and law. The Law Academy of Philadelphia published an essay he wrote about the penal system of Philadelphia. He delivered speeches on the trial of William Penn and the history of Pennsylvania. He worked as a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In 1833, he was commissioned by Philadelphians concerned about gambling to write about the problems of lotteries. Lotteries at the time were a common means of raising funds for public and private projects. Benjamin Franklin was involved in organizing the first public lottery in Philadelphia and used them for establishing fire companies and a militia. Tyson wrote several works on the subject including A Brief Survey of the Great Extent and Evil Tendencies of the Lottery System, as Existing in the United States in 1833 and The Lottery System in the United States in 1837 that argued for the end of lotteries as a destructive human behavior. Although the movement against lotteries began with the Quakers, other denominations came out against lotteries with Tyson’s forceful argument against the practice. Nine states eventually banned lotteries by 1835 and new states barred lotteries in their constitutions.
In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. He served as vice-president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and as vice-provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia.
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Job Roberts Tyson
Job Roberts Tyson (February 8, 1803 – June 27, 1858) was an American politician who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1855 to 1857.
Tyson was born on February 8, 1803, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Tyson and Ann Van Tromp. He was descended from a Quaker family that settled in the Pennsylvania colony in 1683.
He worked as a clerk in a store and attended the common schools. At the age of 17, he worked as a teacher in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, and taught English to German speaking students of the area. In doing so, he also learned to speak German himself.
After returning to Philadelphia, Roberts Vaux, an early founder of the public school system, helped him obtain work as a teacher in the first public school in Philadelphia. He also devoted himself to study and learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. After two years, he was appointed as the Director of Public Schools in Philadelphia. He worked in the prison system, for the apprentice's library and helped organize the temperance movement in Pennsylvania.
In 1825, he began the study of law under John Wurts. He was admitted to the bar in 1827 and practiced law in Philadelphia. In 1851, he received a LL.D. degree from Dickinson College.
Tyson often wrote and spoke about history and law. The Law Academy of Philadelphia published an essay he wrote about the penal system of Philadelphia. He delivered speeches on the trial of William Penn and the history of Pennsylvania. He worked as a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
In 1833, he was commissioned by Philadelphians concerned about gambling to write about the problems of lotteries. Lotteries at the time were a common means of raising funds for public and private projects. Benjamin Franklin was involved in organizing the first public lottery in Philadelphia and used them for establishing fire companies and a militia. Tyson wrote several works on the subject including A Brief Survey of the Great Extent and Evil Tendencies of the Lottery System, as Existing in the United States in 1833 and The Lottery System in the United States in 1837 that argued for the end of lotteries as a destructive human behavior. Although the movement against lotteries began with the Quakers, other denominations came out against lotteries with Tyson’s forceful argument against the practice. Nine states eventually banned lotteries by 1835 and new states barred lotteries in their constitutions.
In 1836, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society. He served as vice-president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and as vice-provost of the Law Academy of Philadelphia.