Facts:   - profession: lawyer    - death place: manhattan , new york county , new york    - preceded: richard cunningham mccormick    - citizenship: united states    - party: republican party    - death date: may 3 , 1917 august 5 , 1852    - spouse: inez h. belford      - district: 1st    - term end: march 3 , 1899    - succeeded: townsend scudder    - term start: march 4 , 1897    - state: new york    - name: joseph mccrum belford    - birth date: august 5 , 1852    - image: joseph m. belford.jpg    - birth place: mifflintown , juniata county , pennsylvania    - alma mater: dickinson college   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph m. belford .
joseph mccrum belford -lrb- august 5 , 1852 -- may 3 , 1917 -rrb- was an american politician and a united states representative from new york .