Biographical Sketches

John P. Vincent

Jurist; born in Waterford, Erie County, Pa., Dec. 2, 1817; educated in the Waterford Academy, and for some time was engaged in teaching and farming; then taking up law as a profession, he studied in the office of Hon. Elijah Babbitt, Erie, Pa., was admitted to the Erie County bar in 1841, and soon became actively engaged in practice.  In 1862 he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he received the support of the Republican members for Speaker in 1863.  In 1866 he was elected Additional Law Judge of the Sixth District of Pennsylvania, and after the adoption of the new Pennsylvania Constitution in 1874 was commissioned President Judge of this district, serving till January, 1877.  Since that date he has practiced law in Erie.  Address, Erie, Pa.

Source: Transcription from the book, Who's Who in Pennsylvania, edited by Lewis R. Hamersly, published in 1904; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 17 January 2026.

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