Joseph Nicholson (public official)

Nicholson Jr. was born to Colonel Joseph Nicholson in Kent County, Maryland. He studied law and later was elected Sheriff of Queen Anne's County from 1760-1763.^[1]

From 1776 to 1777 he served in the Council of Safety for the Eastern Shore.^[2] He was elected to the Second Continental Congress in 1777 but did not attend.^[1] He served as a member of the Maryland State Senate representing the Eastern Shore from 1776-1781.^[1]

On July 28, 1757, Nicholson married Elizabeth Hopper.^[1] They would have five children, including Joseph Hopper Nicholson, a U.S. congressman.^[3]

Nicholson died in 1786 in Queen Anne's County.^[1]